Example sentences of "[indef pn] i can [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've telephoned everyone I can think of , but it 's no use . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing I can think of , unless you want something fancy in the way of cheeses . |
| 3 | My ears are burning in the cold , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ It 's a dreadful thought , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 5 | There is nothing I can do about that for he harms himself , but I must still behave like a dutiful son and observe a son 's obligations . ’ |
| 6 | Idiot Peter Bottomley , Minister for , I do n't know — roads , bridges , exportable heads — once said : ‘ There 's nothing I can do about traffic in London . |
| 7 | And the worse thing is that now there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 8 | Self-preservation , replies Kate the British Committee librarian feebly , I ca n't afford a breakdown , this is me for the moment , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 9 | Being only 5′ 2½″ tall myself I too feel very strongly about the unfairness of this , but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except to warn you that in these circumstances you do need to be very accurate in counting calories in order to achieve a good rate of weight loss . |
| 10 | But if somebody decides differently , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 11 | There 's nothing I can do about it . ’ |
| 12 | " If because of this the kingdom of God is closed to me , there is nothing I can do about it , for I ca n't return these things . |
| 13 | ‘ But there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 14 | There 's nothing I can do about that . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ And there 's nothing I can do about it . ’ |
| 16 | One of my greatest frustrations is having to tell my electors , in correspondence and personally , that there is nothing I can do about a proposal because a decision has already been taken somewhere else — albeit by ministers , one of whom is a Member of the House — that there is nothing that anyone can do because the decision has been taken outside these shores , so there is no point in writing to me . |
| 17 | But there 's nothing I can do about it , as the two of them , stomping and shouting ‘ Hey ! ’ , run through a repertoire of leaps , kicks and contortions . |
| 18 | Naturally it is disappointing that I am not able to play in some tournaments but there is nothing I can do about that . |
| 19 | Unless I know about it there 's nothing I can do about it is there ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , there 's nothing I can do about that , ’ she said stiffly . |
| 21 | ‘ But he 's back and he 's working at OBEX and there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 22 | There 's nothing I can do about that ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I know who the kids are but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 24 | Well that 's erm tt nothing I can do about that until asking for the Mirror itself . |
| 25 | nothing I can do about that |
| 26 | feel like I 've accepted it , I 've come to terms with it , there 's nothing I can do about it |
| 27 | " It seems there is nothing I can do except voice my opinion . |
| 28 | Harold there 's nothing I can do for you , but a Cadbury 's boost |
| 29 | The plain fact of the matter is , there is nothing I can do for your wife . ’ |
| 30 | On the general question regarding the exercise by this court of the statutory discretion conferred by section 13(3) of the Administration of Justice Act 1960 and by R.S.C. , Ord. 59 , r. 10(3) , I have nothing I can add to what Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. has said , with which I am in respectful and complete agreement . |