Example sentences of "i can [vb infin] about [pron] " in BNC.

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1 That aside , I can complain about nothing .
2 I can care about my patients , and I sincerely hope that you will make it possible for my patients when their diagnosis is made , to have that knowledge that financially , he has a great tomorrow .
3 My ears are burning in the cold , but there 's nothing I can do about it .
4 She said : ‘ It 's a dreadful thought , but there 's nothing I can do about it .
5 And the worse thing is that now there 's nothing I can do about it .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 But if somebody decides differently , there 's nothing I can do about it .
9 Unfortunately , there is little I can do about it .
10 ‘ Yeah , I worry about it , but there 's nothing much I can do about it .
11 There 's nothing I can do about it . ’
12 " 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 .
13 ‘ But there 's nothing I can do about it .
14 Have you any advice on what I can do about it ?
15 ‘ And there 's nothing I can do about it . ’
16 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 .
17 But there 's nothing I can do about it , as the two of them , stomping and shouting ‘ Hey ! ’ , run through a repertoire of leaps , kicks and contortions .
18 Unless I know about it there 's nothing I can do about it is there ?
19 ‘ But he 's back and he 's working at OBEX and there 's nothing I can do about it .
20 ‘ I know who the kids are but there 's nothing I can do about it .
21 Charlie laughed when Tommy added , ‘ So we 'll ‘ ave to see what I can do about it . ’
22 feel like I 've accepted it , I 've come to terms with it , there 's nothing I can do about it
23 My husband dies in a car crash with his mistress and you think I can forget about it ? ’
24 But it , it did n't worry me and I liked to think I can go about my daily life and not be frightened , and I am not gon na be frightened to go out at night .
25 We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm .
26 Twenty years later he could still recall the event : ‘ I can think about my loyal dog buried in the snow , ’ ( Death Of A Lady 's Man ) .
27 She said , as she was lying there , ‘ I feel , Dame Edna , I can talk about anything to you and I 've never had this experience before when I 've tried to talk to people .
28 That I can talk about it ?
29 ( a ) ‘ If I can talk about it today , then I 'll be able to get on with the project — if I ca n't , the project is going to have to be delayed .
30 I can talk about it and everything .
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