Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] do [indef pn] about " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The past is the past , and you can do nothing about it , but you can do something about the future , and I am very optimistic . |
| 2 | But she could do nothing about it . |
| 3 | But she could do nothing about it ; she was frozen , inside and out . |
| 4 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 5 | Well , this is the thing , we have a caretaker but er fo for his services , but I 've been at the council and I have got nowhere , I have from the corporation , there 's an awful lot of people complaining but they 'll do nothing about it ! |
| 6 | Possibly the twenties costumes would n't be too kind to Therese , but they 'd do something about that when the time came . |
| 7 | Sherlock Holmes is a very clever detective , but he can do nothing about the weather . |