Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yes , there is nothing wrong with you , nothing that a rest can not cure . |
| 32 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 33 | It 's an age-old problem and nothing that a dab of string lubricant or Vaseline would n't cure . |
| 34 | But nothing that a good dietitian and orthodontist could n't put right . |
| 35 | The chart-room section held nothing that a chart-room should not have had , including a locked cupboard which Talbot opened in the same cavalier fashion he had used on the bridge : it held only pilot books and sailing directions . |
| 36 | In position it performs a number of miraculous deeds ( such as ‘ promoting ravenous appetite ’ ) though , in the end , nothing that a good charcoal does n't claim to do . |
| 37 | Second , given the availability of a trained and skilled operator there is nothing that a good desktop publishing system can not achieve in monochrome or spot colour publishing that was not possible by traditional methods . |
| 38 | Dorcas appeared and reappeared amongst the complicated shadows , muttering to himself , saying things like , ‘ That 's dead , that 's no good , we need a new battery , ’ and ‘ Seems OK , nothing that a good clean could n't put right , ’ and ‘ Hmm , not much in your tank … ’ |
| 39 | erm and there was nothing that a Member of Parliament could do , this is the trouble I mean it , it with everybody was saying you should of contacted us before it went |
| 40 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 41 | Tennis Courts are still in the District 's possession but , to date the tennis club has made no move to make use of them although a meeting had been arranged . |
| 42 | ‘ It seems to me that a new play like Shadowlands needs to be exposed to different audiences before it settles down . |
| 43 | It does not seem to me that a reader principally interested in capitalism , or imperialism , or the theories of such Marxist writers as Althusser or Gramsci would turn to a book such as this , and so I have kept discussion of these topics to a minimum . |
| 44 | My paper tells me that a dispute over pay between the leading British manufacturer of seaside rock and his chief sugar boiler has left the latter jobless and the former with umpteen sticks of rocks bearing the legend Mean Bastard all the way through . |
| 45 | He tells me that a girlfriend of his was fishing , with her mother , from a rowing boat in the fjord near Tromsø one day . |
| 46 | ‘ My father told me that a woman 's body odour was the sexiest smell in the world . ’ |
| 47 | Someone has told me that a new carb would help , someone else reckons the distributor would be best changed . |
| 48 | Birch fails to convince me that a more traditional theology could not do the job . |
| 49 | She informed me that a double room at the front was available , though I was welcome to it for the price of a single . |
| 50 | Again , it is unbelievable to an ordinary Rottweiler fanatic like me that a dog of this quality could be bought . |
| 51 | However Dave Crockford tells me that a trend is becoming apparent ! |
| 52 | A shop assistant promised me that a head torch would ‘ bring me down off the mountain after dark ’ . |
| 53 | It astonished me that a man who had kept his head under the most severe stresses and strains should lose both nerve and judgement in this way . |
| 54 | The idea for this book began in the back of a taxi , the night a friend told me that a famous Scottish football manager had enjoyed rampant sex in a television studio with a well known TV presenter . |
| 55 | On the way , I remember Aunt Rachel telling me that a station was Rugby , which meant that we were then right in the centre of England , whilst a bit later on , I was told to look out to see the Welsh mountains . |
| 56 | On another occasion David Bellamy said to me ‘ You ca n't tell me that a canoe would not disturb an otter ’ . |
| 57 | Then about four days later it was pointed out to me that a real earthquake actually hit Germany last week , and she was n't being poetic at all , and I actually felt cheated of the wave of emotion I had felt towards her . |
| 58 | MH : I remember somebody told me that a member of the public asked that question and was told it could be either five minutes or 40 years ! |
| 59 | It seemed ridiculous to me that a guy with his experience and ability should have to accept the restrictions of a Number Two . |
| 60 | IT does n't surprise me that a survey showed very few Britons would give up their pet for £1m . |