Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] do about [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do you think I should do about it ? ’ |
| 2 | Since there was nothing I could do about what was happening to my body , I decided — not altogether consciously — to ignore it and to interest myself in other , more spiritual matters . |
| 3 | ( There was nothing I could do about my khaki shorts except tighten the wizened Dan Dare belt that Brynley had passed on . ) |
| 4 | I feel like that the situation in which Carrington was in is what God does and that I 'm part of that situation , and that he was going to die , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 5 | It so , was there anything I could do about it ? |
| 6 | There was nothing I could do about it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There was nothing I could do about it . |
| 8 | I rang my dealer who told me there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 9 | Dawn 's nervousness while she was attached to my hand lasted for quite a while and there was nothing I could do about it other than reassure her . |
| 10 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing I could do about it , Jezrael . |
| 12 | However , there was nothing I could do about it , and I simply had to accept the situation . |
| 13 | I knew I was lying but there was n't anything I could do about it . |
| 14 | There was nothing I could do about it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ That living is not in Switham 's gift , you see , so there was nothing I could do about it . ’ |
| 16 | I was aware I was staggering slightly , lurching sporadically into Jamie or the girl , but there was n't a great deal I could do about it ; I felt rather like one of those ancient dinosaurs so huge that they had a virtually separate brain to control their back legs . |
| 17 | Oh , I knew he was drinking , drinking heavily at that , but there was n't much I could do about it . |
| 18 | I had twenty minutes to see what I could do about his combination locks . |
| 19 | My ears are burning in the cold , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ It 's a dreadful thought , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 21 | And the worse thing is that now there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But if somebody decides differently , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 25 | Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it . |
| 26 | ‘ Yeah , I worry about it , but there 's nothing much I can do about it . |
| 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 | ‘ But there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 30 | Have you any advice on what I can do about it ? |