Example sentences of "you can do about " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's nothing you can do about it , ’ I can hear some of you thinking . |
| 2 | These crags are already equipped , and there 's nothing you can do about it except enjoy the security . |
| 3 | My attitude to ageing is that it 's inevitable so there 's very little you can do about it . |
| 4 | There 's nothing you can do about it . |
| 5 | ‘ Here , ’ she said , ‘ see what you can do about that gunk on your face before we get there . ’ |
| 6 | Even under local management of schools there may be little that you can do about restoring peeling paint work and cleaning grimy windows , but it is possible to keep litter under control and flower beds and grassed areas looking attractive . |
| 7 | Even if you have problems , there is very little you can do about them in the middle of the night . |
| 8 | There is no excuse for being caught by a marked police vehicle — but there 's not much you can do about unmarked cars or cameras . |
| 9 | There 's nothing you can do about it . ’ |
| 10 | Is there anything you can do about anyone ? |
| 11 | In other words , the guitar is going to sound the way it wants to sound , and there 's not a lot you can do about it . |
| 12 | It can be very upsetting to have good shots spoiled in this way ; once the noise is on the tape there 's not much you can do about it except dub it out with a substitute background sound ( see page 80 ) . |
| 13 | And there 's no ’ a thing you can do about it , lassie , so why do n't you sit back and enjoy it ? |
| 14 | The message of our experts is that there IS something you can do about the unsightly , and sometimes painful , form of fat known as cellulite . |
| 15 | You can usually work out who is to blame and what you can do about it . |
| 16 | What you can do about them is another matter which we shall deal with . |
| 17 | There is n't much you can do about this other than vengefully shoot up the sacrificial unit in your following turn . |
| 18 | It is all too easy to get people who will tell you the nice things , and after all there is not a lot that you can do about that , but those who will stand up without fear or favour and tell you , hopefully tactfully , that things are not really the way that everybody else thinks they are pearls beyond price . |
| 19 | If something outside your control is creating stress , forget it ; there 's nothing you can do about it . |
| 20 | The answer is once they 've clenched their teeth there 's nothing you can do about it , if their tongue is there I 'm afraid it 's just hard luck . |
| 21 | there is nothing that you can do about it |
| 22 | Incidentally if you misunderstand the motion and vote the wrong way there is nothing you can do about it later to correct the mistake — you have to live with it ! |
| 23 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 24 | Sonia : You see the thing is , right , they can get away with saying anything to your face , there is n't anything you can do about it . |
| 25 | See if you know that Mrs L and Mrs T can get away with talking about your colour and that knowing there 's not a thing you can do about it because they do n't believe you . |
| 26 | But some children are just shy by nature and there 's not much you can do about it . |
| 27 | ‘ But then perhaps you 're limited anyway , and there 's nothing you can do about it . ’ |
| 28 | When these things hit you there 's not much you can do about them . ’ |
| 29 | Where lead pipe is used for the rising main , it may also contaminate the drinking water — particularly in a soft water area — but there is not much you can do about this since the supply pipe into the house is also likely to be lead and this is difficult and expensive to replace . |
| 30 | Of course , in these difficult circumstances you seek to keep order , but I ask you to reflect on one problem and to see what you can do about it . |