Example sentences of "do [pron] i can [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
2 | ‘ I could not help recalling , ’ Sir Maurice Hankey , the Cabinet Secretary , wrote in his diary in September , ‘ that on the last day of Parliament Mr. Baldwin had walked across the yard outside [ the House of Commons ] and had said ‘ I will do everything I can to help the Government in making economies , but I will not enter a Coalition Government . ' |
3 | I promise I 'll do everything I can to help the rest of you — ‘ |
4 | I will do what I can to publicize the true position . |
5 | ‘ Still , he thought , I must do what I can to protect the lady , to whom I owe so much , and whom I have certainly , for better , for worse , released from sleep and silence . |
6 | I shall certainly do what I can to advance the matter , but I hesitate to say what about the paper , because I do n't think it is an easy thing to cover in a paper . |
7 | I want to do what I can to open the gateways , ’ he told New Scientist . |