Example sentences of "[vb base] [indef pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our business men expect nothing less . |
| 2 | Most plans are like off-the-peg suits , they fit everyone more or less and no one perfectly . |
| 3 | If you take that as a yardstick , it is a fairly short step to designing ads which say nothing much but which are extremely memorable . |
| 4 | I say nothing more about this example — except to report that ( in my experience ) it guarantees the wholehearted attention of a class of recalcitrant fifteen-year olds even first thing on a Monday morning — and turn now to the misleading signposts which we will find as we travel in search of English . |
| 5 | I want nothing more to do with it ’ . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ As for the Church , I want nothing more to do with them . |
| 7 | I want nothing more of life . |
| 8 | Their basic motive is no mystery , ‘ they want nothing more than we all want — money , power , consideration — in a word success ; but they are in a hurry and are not particular as to their means ’ ( Ross 1907 : 46 ) . |
| 9 | They like their subject , and want nothing more than to be left alone to teach it to groups of pupils who want to learn it . |
| 10 | There are terrorists who want nothing more than publicity . |
| 11 | It is not to be doubted that there are still thousands of mainframe users that want nothing more than to continue with the kind of computing they have always known , using the environment with which they are familiar , and in which they have invested a large part of their lives . |
| 12 | I want nothing more than to walk along on the darkened plain , the moon as strong as winter sunlight in London , speaking Maa with this man . |
| 13 | ‘ I want nothing more to do with her , ’ she said . |
| 14 | Normally , if you want nothing more than a passage anchorage , Dale , down near the entrance , will serve very well , but we felt Neyland merited a first visit , and thanks to going there we had this early morning enchantment of seeing ships , great and small , going about their work . |
| 15 | I want nothing more to do with it . ’ |
| 16 | I will quite understand if you want nothing more to do with her . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Although we are all still members of the Board , we want nothing more to do with it . |
| 18 | You say someone such as myself , but I am as far as I understand the housekeeper of this house , while your father is the under-butler . ’ |
| 19 | I now want one more than anything in the world . |
| 20 | You want one some time next week . |
| 21 | So I cook one the other day , and I cook one this morning , I 've pressure cooked one for him , but he would n't look at it Reg is definitely |
| 22 | ‘ You want something more out of life than that . ’ |
| 23 | Er , well I 've decided I want something this year |
| 24 | Libyan forces capture one half of the country on behalf of one side in the civil war . |
| 25 | He did not look up , or say anything more . |
| 26 | Yet the gaudy boxes hold nothing more than wheat , rice , maize and oats . |
| 27 | Sir er you hinted that er if there are to be further written representations you 'd be looking to directing a cutoff date , and you hinted at I think tomorrow as being one possibility sir , so that you could leave this enquiry on Wednesday with all the papers you need and receive nothing more by way of written representation , evidence or any other documentation whatsoever . |
| 28 | Those who have worked hard to achieve the awards deserve nothing less . |
| 29 | ‘ Strathclyde and the people it serves deserve nothing less than a commission . |
| 30 | Put one half of these waistband stitches in HP . |