Example sentences of "he [vb mod] do about [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culley felt the anger , but had little idea what he might do about it . |
| 2 | There was nothing he could do about it . |
| 3 | He thought that she must be feeling a great deal of pain , and that there was nothing he could do about it , and that , if his suspicions were correct , her pain would get a great deal worse … |
| 4 | He knew he was doomed and there was nothing he could do about it . |
| 5 | There was nothing , not now , that he could do about it . |
| 6 | ‘ Even if you were right — an absurd idea — what is there he could do about it ? |
| 7 | It was a big weight for him to be carrying , but there did n't seem to be a lot that he could do about it . |
| 8 | And there was n't a damned thing he could do about it . |
| 9 | What precisely he could do about it was not immediately clear since even the Mamur Zapt 's writ did not normally extend to the domestic relationship between man and wife . |
| 10 | She would walk the half-mile or so , and if Luke did n't like the idea then he knew exactly what he could do about it . |
| 11 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 12 | You may well know that the other person 's reaction is based on a tiny part of the situation but there is not much you or he can do about it . |
| 13 | There 's nothing he can do about it . |
| 14 | ‘ Apparently , sir , and not best pleased , not that there 's anything he can do about it . |
| 15 | Normally , if an owner is refused permission to develop his land , or if onerous conditions are laid down , there is nothing he can do about it except , of course , appeal to the secretary of state . |