Example sentences of "'s [art] [adv] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's the most one can do , really , ’ says Freddie . |
| 2 | But that 's the most you can do outside the ring . |
| 3 | That 's the most you can hope for . |
| 4 | They said that 's the earliest they could get up there . |
| 5 | That 's the soonest I can make it . ’ |
| 6 | It 's the closest they can come to saying |
| 7 | The Government ought to take care of them , it 's the least they could do … but as long as there 's eejits like me to fork out a bob or two , the authorities wo n't do a thing . ’ |
| 8 | It 's the least we could do . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she replied , relieved that the conversation had switched to Len , ‘ I think it would be ideal for Len ; I 'll talk to Louise Raymond in the morning and see if we can arrange anything through the company — it 's the least we can do for him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That 's the least yer can do ! ’ |
| 11 | It 's the least you can do . |
| 12 | It 's the least you can tell me after keeping me waiting for an hour ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It 's the least I could do . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the least I can do . |
| 15 | I 'll look after them … it 's the least I can do . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It 's the least I can do , ’ Merrill smiled , ‘ considering that you fell in so readily with my arrangements this evening . ’ |
| 17 | It 's the least I can do for one who has come for a bush walk and then finds the project nipped in the bud by her own willingness to help . ’ |
| 18 | Nothing was too much to ask if it prolonged her stay , she thought wistfully , so she smiled as she said , ‘ Considering that I was the culprit who booked them in on Ling 's day off , it 's the least I can do . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , come on , it 's the least I can do after your help . ’ |
| 20 | Of course I accept that ruling entirely Mr Deputy Speaker but the point I was trying to make , I am going to give the speech very briefly indeed I do assure you , is that if you 're trying to assess the numbers er and the correctness of the numbers that are being er er going to vote for and indeed the boundaries associated with those numbers , it 's a perfectly I would have thought , fair question to ask oneself as they go off er from us as to what they are going off in to er and I I do assure you Mr Deputy Speake , I do n't plan to speak more than two minutes , two to three minutes on this matter , I do hope that you will allow me just to make a very brief point on this . |
| 21 | ‘ There 's no more we can do , ’ the Doctor hinted at an apology . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's no more I can do , Jinny . |
| 23 | But there 's no more I can do here . |