Example sentences of "[indef pn] i can do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is nothing I can do , ’ said the King , as she was dragged away , ‘ I can see those in charge , but it 's now in the hands of the Justice people . ’ |
| 2 | My ears are burning in the cold , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 3 | Nothing I can do . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I am sorry for it but there is nothing I can do . |
| 5 | There 's nothing I can do . ’ |
| 6 | There really is nothing I can do . ’ |
| 7 | In response to the burglary my reaction became : ‘ Actually when I think about it and allow all the facts to sink in it is just too awful ; there really is nothing I can do to pretend this has n't happened . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ It 's a dreadful thought , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 9 | It wo n't be the same without you and I 'll miss you very much but there 's nothing I can do . ’ |
| 10 | But there 's nothing I can do . |
| 11 | I sweep the rod back as much as I can in the confined space and , although the fish is rather small at about 1¼lb , it kicks up quite a fuss and there is nothing I can do to stop it splashing . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | The past is past and there is nothing I can do to change it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | And the worse thing is that now there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's nothing I can do to prolong the girl 's stay here , even if I wanted to . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | There 's nothing I can do . |
| 20 | And instead of continuing to tell herself ‘ I ca n't get out , I 'm trapped , there 's nothing I can do ’ , I told her to reverse that and start thinking ‘ Well I can do this , I can do that ’ . |
| 21 | But if somebody decides differently , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 22 | I 'm putting my faith in these appeal judges and there 's nothing I can do to alter their verdict . |
| 23 | St. David took a close look at his leg ‘ Sorry old son , nothing I can do . |
| 24 | But there is nothing I can do , we can do . |
| 25 | There 's nothing I can do . |
| 26 | ‘ There is nothing I can do or say to save you from the wrath of God , or indeed from the wrath of your own father , poor man . ’ |
| 27 | There 's nothing I can do about it . ’ |
| 28 | " 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 . |
| 29 | And in the meantime there 's nothing I can do but hope . ’ |
| 30 | Until the Conference Office say yea or nay , there 's nothing I can do literally there . |