Example sentences of "i can do [pron] " in BNC.

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1 You must understand that I can do nothing further for you .
2 I can do nothing for you , and have nothing to give you . ’
3 There is even a saying that indicates how poorly cleaning is regarded ‘ Well , if I can do nothing else , I can always sweep the roads ’ .
4 I can do nothing — nothing . ’
5 ‘ It 's just that I do n't like wasting my energy worrying about things I can do nothing about , ’ Sally said matter-of-factly .
6 I can do nothing without their approval . ’
7 I can do nothing here now .
8 ‘ Personally I can do nothing because I have no money myself at all . ’
9 I can do nothing to help except give them good references and a few quid to tide them over .
10 ‘ Flora , ’ Anna said , pushing her fringe off her forehead , ‘ I can do nothing about your flute .
11 " I can do nothing until you are there " ( 19:22 ) .
12 I can do nothing for these engines here , in this storm !
13 " I can do nothing for that boy . "
14 ‘ Sir John , I can do nothing with you .
15 And I can do nothing for you because I 've come to rescue and seek that which is lost , and which is aware of it .
16 Personally I can do nothing because I have no money at all . ’
17 Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after .
18 Personally , I can do nothing because I have no money myself at all . ’
19 The holy spirit gives us a new prospective on life and it , it , it deepens our relationship with God , we do n't have to try and make , make a success of our new Christian life by ourselves , you know it does n't matter whether you 've been a Christian for a week , for a day , for twenty , for fifty years , if you try to do it one day by yourself you are guaranteed failure , there is no way you can do it , it does n't matter how long you 've been a Christian or how short a period , you can not do it , if the great apostle Paul , he could , he said I can do nothing of myself he said I am not sufficient , for all my learning , for all the wonderful visions I 've had , for the knowledge that God has given to me , that I 've been able to write these great apostle 's , he says that I can not do it myself , I ca n't live this Christian life myself and the tremendous thing that none of us , no matter who we are , we do not have to try to make a success of our Christian life on our own , it 's a partnership and God is the senior partner in it , he does n't expect us to do it by ourselves , listen to what the , the , that , the same apostle Paul says when he 's writing to the , the Gelation Christians , in , in chapter two , verse twenty , listen to what he says there , he says I have been crucified with Christ and it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me and the life which I know live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of God who loved me and delivered himself for me , he said I do n't do it by myself , why not , very simply cos he ca n't , he did n't know how to , he did n't have the power to do it he says but the life I 'm living , I live by the power of Christ who died for me , who gave himself for me and who now lives in me now by the holy spirit
20 It is a right I reserve for all adults and one of the nicest things about being my age is that I can do whatever I like .
21 ‘ Nick says I can do whatever I like !
22 I do n't want to be tied , I want to leave my options free so that I can do whatever I want , I do n't need the extra responsibility , I mean I 'd like them but I just , I want my career first .
23 I can do whatever is necessary , ’ she replied .
24 But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now .
25 So if I can do one run and then photocopy it .
26 I 'm glad he 's gone — I can do what I like , now . ’
27 I can do what I like on these pages , and nobody on earth can prevent me .
28 But I can do what I want , so perhaps it is possible to use one or two frames of a timpani shot to realize a particular moment in the music .
29 I 'm the chairman and I can do what I like . ’
30 And to this she had answered , ‘ I suppose I can do what I like with my own money . ’
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