Example sentences of "i [vb mod] do [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 'll do to pick it up play a game , probably play a game later . |
| 2 | ‘ There was little I could do to set her mind at rest except be myself , but I think they feel comfortable with me now . |
| 3 | It was all I could do to stop myself from shaking her until her neat white teeth rattled . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know , ’ I said , wondering what I could do to stop him . |
| 5 | If Bonanza had set Connie Fraser up for the chill , there would n't be anything I could do to stop it . |
| 6 | ‘ Lemurs are a delicacy in Madagascar and it was all I could do to stop my fellow passengers eating them , ’ he says . |
| 7 | ‘ My heart was racing so uncontrollably that it was all I could do to say anything at all , ’ she told him . |
| 8 | He wore his mood wrapped tightly round like him like a galabeah until he was prepared to throw it off , and there was nothing I could do to change him . |
| 9 | " Yes , I do , " says the shepherd , " but the only thing I could do to express my love for Him has been taken away from me . " |
| 10 | so the second level of using theory was to actually begin to find out what I could do to help myself and that threw me into the middle of ‘ what is knowledge ? ’ |
| 11 | I think at the point where I was struggling to understand what I could do to help myself , I certainly was n't aware of anything called patient-centred medicine at that point , or group-activity in relation to health . |
| 12 | She asked me to think about what I could do to protect myself . |
| 13 | It was all I could do to keep my feet . ’ |
| 14 | As this is not a book on careers in advertising , the best thing I can do to give you an idea of the sort of people you might conceivably find in an agency is to refer you to the books by Norman Hart and Felicity Taylor ( see page 232 ) which describe them all very comprehensively . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The world is headed into chaos , child , and there is little you or I can do to stop it . ’ |
| 17 | Is there anything I can do to soften it ? |
| 18 | Is there anything I can do to save it ? |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know what I can do to improve my security , it 's already 100 per cent . |
| 20 | The past is past and there is nothing I can do to change it . |
| 21 | But if they do not change their view there is nothing I can do to change it . |
| 22 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm putting my faith in these appeal judges and there 's nothing I can do to alter their verdict . |
| 24 | He seems very young for this — is there anything I can do to prevent it ? |
| 25 | Is there anything I can do to prevent it without covering up completely ? |
| 26 | There is nothing more I can do to help them , nor can they collect any low-preference votes that may have been given to them by voters whose higher-preference votes have been given to candidates of other parties . |
| 27 | Anything that I can do to help them , any words I write which may soften their lot , is little enough . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Is there anything I can do to help him ? ’ |
| 29 | Is there anything I can do to help him overcome it ? |
| 30 | I 'm not a very orthodox kind of counsellor or psychiatrist but if there 's anything within my power that I can do to help you , then I 'll do it . |