Example sentences of "only thing [pers pn] can [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's the only thing they can do . |
| 2 | Maybe they have n't er been able to er find ways of talking to each other about those difficult things , and maybe they 've , they 've built up lots and lots of assumptions and resentments and disappointment , and they do n't know how to handle it , and they feel that the only thing they can do is to get out . |
| 3 | and the only thing that they 've done is if you kiss somebody , kissing someone whatever you know , erm or someone 's dirty and that is the only thing they can put it down |
| 4 | The only thing we can do is to send our spies to watch Leeds United and Stuttgart . |
| 5 | Well that will be , I personally think that 's the only thing we can do . |
| 6 | ‘ The only thing we can do — make our own way out on foot , ’ he declared levelly . |
| 7 | Mr Blackburn said : ‘ The only thing we can do is educate people so they realise HIV and Aids are not a scourge from God but an illness . ’ |
| 8 | It might be argued that the only thing you can measure is the claims ratio . |
| 9 | It is daft and unpleasant , rationalises Richard , but logical : ‘ You 're told where to go and what to say — or at least how to say it — and the only thing you can control is the shape of your sandwich or whether your coffee 's cold , so that 's where you exercise the control . ’ |
| 10 | If it has n't , the only thing you can do — apart from continuing your garage-less existence , or renting one from a car-less neighbour — is to convert part of the ground floor of your house to construct a built-in garage , with all the upheaval and loss of living space which that entails . |
| 11 | So if you 're going to plan ahead , now , which I think is the only thing you can do in the circumstances … what I suggest is a with-profits endowment policy linked to a seven-year maturity date with yearly incrementals — optional , if you like , or you can build them in , it depends how optimistic you are about your career , ha ha — leaving a little bit of the schools fees to pay at the time , but there will be a big chunk taken out , that 's for sure … and do it off monthly standing orders of around … let's say … five hundred a month ? |
| 12 | Many times the chub take slugs so viciously they rip them clean off the hook , and the only thing you can do to improve matters is to thread the line through the full length of the slug with a baiting needle , attach the hook and pull it back so that one end of the slug is lying in the bend of the hook . |
| 13 | It 's the only thing you can do with an organisation of this size . |
| 14 | The only thing you can do is scribble ; and what is the result of your scribblings ? |
| 15 | The only thing you can do is funk it ! |
| 16 | The only thing you can do is carry on with your water changes and syphon off the algae at every opportunity . |
| 17 | ‘ So I 'm afraid the only thing you can do is grin and bear it , ’ Leif said , in what was obviously a finale . |
| 18 | Well only thing , the only thing you can do if you got any P forty fives ? |
| 19 | Think the only thing you can do is as I say be honest and say that , you know , you 're very worried about your fingers |
| 20 | The only thing you can do is . |
| 21 | The only thing you can do is to quiet him down , to frighten him off . |
| 22 | Well the only thing you can do is hopefully your next test is n't at the same time make it a |
| 23 | Fruit 's about the only thing you can ask which country . |
| 24 | The only thing you can say is that DB gave us good service and for this we should be grateful . |
| 25 | The only thing you can say , you know , do you mind if I ask you , sh it 's bugging me by working these long hours will I be getting any more money ? |
| 26 | The only thing I can suggest is there 's a small pocket of fish causing the problem . |
| 27 | The silly thing is there is no divide on here and the only thing I can suggest really , there is a divide symbol in the computer that we can drag out but to drag it out every time it 's too boring really so I 'll think we use this I do n't like using this , but you see this symbol here , that 's what they really use for divide , so if you do that and a couple spaces , people will learn that that means divide , it 's all we can do really |
| 28 | If you say so sir , the only thing I can suggest is that fact that er that the noise the door opener was making and the fact I opened the door very shortly afterwards , he can only assume the door opener worked . |
| 29 | ‘ I think you 've lost hope , and the only thing I can tell you is that if you hang on hope will come back , and you must n't do anything until it does . ’ |
| 30 | The only thing I can tell you with certainty is that Master Meredith has n't been riding since the accident . |