Example sentences of "[vb infin] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But , watching this at a distance , there 's nothing I can do but spit and hiss . ) |
| 32 | There was nothing he could do but wait , the little hut had been the scene of a violent death and the medical and technical people must have their turn first . |
| 33 | That 's when I 'll be terrified — when there 's nothing more we can do but wait . ’ |
| 34 | What can I do but intercede for the publicans |
| 35 | What can I do but make the best of it ? |
| 36 | In her heart of hearts she still suspected that it was , but the charmed garden of Sebastian and his friends opened to her so easily , so seductively , that what could she do but step inside ? |
| 37 | What do the petitions do but name many thousands of folk ? |
| 38 | Somehow irreverent … and yet , what else could people do but follow the prescribed pattern , listen to the lectures , try to hide their fear and act normally . |
| 39 | If his heart does n't give out , thought Frances , for Miss Greedy Eyes dropped her hands and boogied away and what could he do but follow , flinging his arms and legs up and down like a puppet . |
| 40 | There was nothing I could do but go on . |
| 41 | What else could she do but go on , fearing that at any moment he would realize she 'd tricked him ? |
| 42 | There was nothing more she could do but try again . |
| 43 | ‘ Once we knew we had a daughter someplace out there , what could we do but try to find her ? ’ they said . |
| 44 | Since we could not get rid of the rule , there was nothing we could do but try to operate it more sensibly . |
| 45 | But no , she let him tell her what to do — him that was the cause of it all — and what does he do but fix up for her to go and see this Dr Graham ? |
| 46 | ‘ My dear , what else could I do but join the Resistance ? |
| 47 | And as for poor Araminta , what did she ever do but fall in love with the wrong man ? ’ |
| 48 | There 's nothing he can do but hope because he ca n't put 30-year-old heads on young shoulders . |
| 49 | And in the meantime there 's nothing I can do but hope . ’ |
| 50 | In such circumstances what could Wilson do but offer help to the 5,000 or more German seamen taken ashore from British , German and other vessels on the outbreak of war who were unemployed , destitute and ultimately destined for internment camps ? |
| 51 | He stayed on in the room but there was nothing he could do but withdraw . |
| 52 | ‘ Nothing we can do but check it now and then , ’ Delaney said , shrugging . |
| 53 | What does the minister do but add the mumbo-jumbo and the bit of paper ? ’ |
| 54 | What could he do but pray — to the utterly remote , barely imaginable Emperor ? |
| 55 | If you did n't live up to your word then do the thing you said you would do but did n't . |
| 56 | with the ineffable modesty that , because he stood in the direct line of the Apostolic Succession , he had a better right to preach the Gospel and to administer the Sacraments , and was more a minister of Christ than Dr Dale or Mr Spurgeon or Henry Ward Beecher … what could they do but laugh ? |
| 57 | Failing miserably , she found herself sliding sideways , and there was nothing she could do but laugh as she hit the field quite hard and bike landed on top of her . |
| 58 | ‘ There 's nothing we can do but hang on here and wait for morning , ’ Lawler said to his wife , helping her onto her feet . |
| 59 | It is also worthwhile spending time at this point examining the things that you know you can do but do n't bother with . |
| 60 | What can he do but fuss , |