Example sentences of "that [pron] [modal v] do [indef pn] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pausing to watch the big man stride away , his broad shoulders bent as though beneath a great weight , Tilly despaired that she could do nothing to help him . |
| 2 | Mrs Davis pointed out tartly that Mrs Stych was not at present serving on any of their other subcommittees , and that she must do something to help . |
| 3 | We just hope in terms of you know , the latest and the newest Oxfordshire team , that we can do something to bring home to the people here . |
| 4 | The main point is that we can do nothing to change matters . |
| 5 | I have noticed that even people who claim that everything is predestined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road . |
| 6 | A spokesman for Telecom Eireann said : ‘ The law does not provide that we can do anything to stop this . |
| 7 | Now the opportunity had once again been given to them , she felt that they must do nothing to jeopardise the future . |
| 8 | In their study of civic culture in 1959 , Almond and Verba repeatedly noted that the better educated in all five countries that they studied were more likely to participate in the political process , and to believe that they could do something to change laws which they felt were unjust through the conventional channels of political participation . |
| 9 | The Ministry therefore feel that they can do nothing to restrict its spread , and will take no further action . |
| 10 | He argued , along with Balcon , Pearson and Woolf , that it would do nothing to achieve the FBI 's objectives . |
| 11 | Theyadd that he 'll do anything to evade capture . |
| 12 | Asquith then made it clear that he would do nothing to assist the Conservatives . |
| 13 | Louis-Napoleon was now convinced that he must do something to remind Frenchmen of the existence of the Bonapartes . |
| 14 | I wish him well , and know that he will do everything to continue and enhance the magazine 's success . |
| 15 | Of course , you 'll have to tell Charlie , but by the time you 're free , Emma will be of age , such an age that he can do nothing to hold her . |