Example sentences of "what [pron] can [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kill me if you like , but if you let me live , I 'll do what I can to save you when you 're arrested and brought to trial for piracy . ’ |
| 2 | If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance . |
| 3 | what I can do I 'll go as |
| 4 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 5 | I 'll do what I can to sort it out . ’ |
| 6 | In September 1764 , eighteen months after they first met , Boswell told Johnson in a letter from Saxony , ‘ It shall be my study to do what I can to render your life happy ; and , if you die before me , I shall endeavour to do honour to your memory . ’ |
| 7 | By what I can gather they must have lived in Durham for a time , 'cos when she was saying her prayers she brought in a Mrs Melburn , a parson 's wife , who was kind to them after the father died or whatever , an' from what I made out of her jabbering the woman and the mother have written to each other . |
| 8 | ‘ Her name 's Louise , ’ Christina volunteered , ‘ and from what I can gather she 's madly in love with him . ’ |
| 9 | From what I can gather he was as mad as a hatter , and really no good at all . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , from what I can gather he makes up fantasies … ’ |
| 11 | Erm sir what I can tell you is this . |
| 12 | Only what I know , what I believe , what I can tell you . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what I can tell you , ’ he said . |
| 14 | What I can tell you is that will provide the ultimate in backup for any self employed person that you cou I could ever wish to meet . |
| 15 | The I ca n't remember the exact date but what I can tell you is those of you that take the Newark Advertiser and the exact dates are in today 's Newark Advertiser . |
| 16 | Well happiness then what I can give her . |
| 17 | Then perhaps we can have a talk and find out what I can give you as a reward for preventing heavy damage to my hayfield . ’ |
| 18 | planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion . |
| 19 | From what I can see I do n't think Lottie wants a nice man . |
| 20 | From what I can see I 'd stay over the water for almost the whole trip . |
| 21 | and if he wants to send them as one consignment , but now the value is twenty five thousand pounds collectively you can ring up Stubbings and as , or get your F and A to do this for you , Finance and Admin , ring up Stubbings and can you give me a special rate for these goods and ar , can you give me what I can charge them for special coverage to take it higher than our normal coverage of fifteen thousand pound ? |
| 22 | Thing is that he 's in er he 's in such a pickle , he 's doing what I can understand him doing it cos I 'd do it , he 's kind of just putting it off having to sort it out . |
| 23 | From what I can recall he just said he was concerned for the safety of the occupiers . |
| 24 | ‘ I am going to do what I can to bang their heads together — but it is , frankly , hard going , ’ he said . |
| 25 | What I can help you with is an understanding of the nature of a product that goes far beyond these crudities ; these academic categories masquerading as truths . ’ |
| 26 | Well , I 'll see what I can help you out , I 'll try . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll see what I can slip you at the end of the week . |
| 28 | Well , leave it up to me , I 'll see what I can get I 'll get for the party . |
| 29 | ‘ Doing what I can to help it off the ground . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ See what she can tell us . |