Example sentences of "[indef pn] he [vb mod] do [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely there was something he could do to alleviate the suffering of this creature ? |
| 2 | Was there something he could do to make her stay more comfortable ? |
| 3 | It seemed there was nothing he could do to persuade the child to cease her disobedience , nothing he could say which would frighten her sufficiently for her to come to her senses . |
| 4 | There was nothing he could do to save George Vicente Brown . |
| 5 | The doctor had been sent for immediately she collapsed , but there was nothing he could do to save her . |
| 6 | Burt made two more fine saves to deny Wells and Daynes , but there was nothing he could do to stop ‘ Mill 's third after 70 minutes . |
| 7 | He was being tortured by the Hunters , and there was nothing he could do to stop it . |
| 8 | After all , there was nothing he could do to help Maidstone now . |
| 9 | Although Kennedy increased the size of US forces in Germany there was nothing he could do to bring the Berlin Wall down , or to stop those who tried to cross it from being shot . |
| 10 | Then started the discussion about where to store it until the inevitable happened , during the course of which the doorbell rang and an elderly neighbour was revealed who had kindly called to introduce himself and to ask if there was anything he could do to help me , as he had heard my husband was ill in hospital . |