Example sentences of "[det] i can do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 2 | ‘ Master Taplow , ’ he whispered , ‘ there is very little I can do for you except make sure the gaoler gives you your wine , pray for your speedy death and that in Purgatory Christ will have mercy on your soul . ’ |
| 3 | However , there seems to be very little I can do with it . |
| 4 | Until you have indicated that , there is little I can do . ’ |
| 5 | I suppose it 's something to be grateful for that I can do anything useful for you , so stop worrying . |
| 6 | Yes indeed , I mean many argue that in fact a law was n't required , and that the common law , as it 's developed and grown and , for example , in the Quinlan case , says that the withdrawal of treatment , the withholding of consent to treatment , is entirely lawful ; and some might argue that , by giving a law like this , which is rather narrowly drawn , you 've taken away a lot ; in other words , a doctor will feel , this I can do , but the other I ca n't do . |
| 7 | ‘ Yeah , I worry about it , but there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , there 's not much I can do then , ’ replied the exasperated ratcatcher . |
| 9 | " Oh , you 'd be surprised how much I can do , " said the mole . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't suppose there 's much I can do , ’ said Matthew cautiously . |
| 11 | ‘ If Amy Marr 's dead in the Broad , I ca n't see there 's much I can do . |
| 12 | but no I mean I i mean I 've lost a lot of good friends on it , and I would love to see them back alive but , there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 13 | And all I can do when there is a woman referee is to accept her . |
| 14 | I 've come on your wild-goose chase and that 's all I can do for you . ’ |
| 15 | All I can do is transform what I see into words and tell you what 's going on . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Nothing feels right and all I can do is try and work it out for myself . |
| 17 | All I can do is try to live up to them — try to be like God . ’ |
| 18 | I 'm afraid that 's just about all I can do . ’ |
| 19 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 20 | All I can do is tell you my story . |
| 21 | All I can do is offer you a little advice . |
| 22 | Now the wrinkles are starting to show , all I can do is be good to myself . |
| 23 | At the time of writing , all I can do is to encourage the reader not to despise prophecies , but to test everything , pay attention , look and see whether these things come to pass : test the fruit . |
| 24 | All I can do is to tell them of the number and variety involved , and point them to some background reading . |
| 25 | All I can do is feel what I 'm feeling , and translate it in my own way . ’ |
| 26 | But all I can do at this moment in time is tell you where I stand today . |
| 27 | All I can do now is praise the NME for finally showing him to be the xenophobic shit that he really is . |
| 28 | Johnson revealed : ‘ It was a great result for Cambridge and I hope it helped my position , but all I can do now is wait and see . |
| 29 | All I can do is try and get back in the side . ’ |
| 30 | All I can do is ask the manager about it . ’ |