Example sentences of "[vb -s] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , if a couple are not married , the surviving partner receives nothing at all under the Intestacy Rules . |
| 2 | But the location is , as it were , accidental , and contributes nothing to the tension between Circe and Persephone as it has been teased out , in this passage along with others , by Guy Davenport ( see his ‘ Persephone 's Ezra ’ , in New Approaches to Ezra Pound ) . |
| 3 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 4 | Such cynical behaviour and insincerity is a waste of parliamentary time and contributes nothing to democratic government . |
| 5 | I never use plonk — it contributes nothing to the recipe and can ruin a dish . |
| 6 | I learned that even if you pay the mortgage on your home and your husband contributes nothing to bills , you can not legally lock him out of the matrimonial home . |
| 7 | Now , after every Hong Kong citizen with a television set has seen how Peking treats its dissenters , it offers nothing to a public whose mood has become one of restrained panic . |
| 8 | ( Araceae ) , which offers nothing to the ants . |
| 9 | The notional/functional syllabus offers nothing of novelty here . |
| 10 | Husameddin offers nothing in the way of specific evidence to support his statement either about Molla Yegan 's resignation or about Molla Fenari 's appointment , however , and is indeed at pains to say that in spite of much research he has been unable to find any signatures of Molla Fenari 's dating from this second kadilik . |
| 11 | The transparency of technique and the ubiquity of the reproductions turns everyone into an expert , hence a potential participant . |
| 12 | This kind of smychka produces nothing but harm . ’ |
| 13 | Much may be blamed on the impermeable Alan Beith , who has been at Berwick since 1973 and thinks nothing to striding round five villages , after starting on Holy Island in the sort of rain that suggests God getting out the strap , and then darting up to Duns in what was Berwickshire , Scotland , to do a broadcast . |
| 14 | A man of intriguing contradictions , he espouses Ivy League courtesy yet thinks nothing of hiring private investigators to snoop on his former tactician ; he adheres to Corinthian values yet his syndicate is heavily sponsored ; he professes the scientific and analytical approach yet can be impulsive and petulant in his decision-making . |
| 15 | He thinks nothing of doing business with the pariahs of the UN . |
| 16 | She thinks nothing of going out at ten o'clock at night . |
| 17 | " there 's the very devil of a horseman in yonder field who thinks nothing of eating three tigers for breakfast ! " |
| 18 | He thinks nothing of staying up till two or three o'clock in the morning in casinos , although I tell him it 's very , very bad for one 's constitution to have irregular hours . |
| 19 | And he thinks nothing of the travelling to and from training . |
| 20 | The three of them are spending Christmas with us , which will be lovely , but no doubt a bit fraught , as one highly active child will be joined by one ditto kitten , who thinks nothing of leaping on to your lap at mealtimes , digging her claws into your legs for support . |
| 21 | It is Isaac , who understands nothing of what is going on , who in fact understands here , while his father , who thought he understood , understands nothing . |
| 22 | For the one who encourages nothing but genuine feelings of peace , love and goodwill to all his fellow creatures , generally finds that peace and harmony follow him wherever he goes . |
| 23 | Taylor wants everyone to be sunny side up after the World Cup qualifier to make up for the fact that no English club sides are left in Europe and give everyone — players and fans — a lift . |
| 24 | Wisden says he is nearly 82 ; he still looks nothing of the kind , but lately he has started to feel it a little more . |
| 25 | The action begins in the Vatican papal apartments , where all the cardinals use mobile phones , the head of security is a Mafia hood from the Bronx , and Pope John Paul II ( Berwick Kaler , who looks nothing like the real pontiff ) is suffering from acute paranoia . |
| 26 | The problem is that in its juvenile form it looks nothing like the adult specimen . |
| 27 | ‘ Now the rally 's been banned , ’ says Scargill , who looks nothing like his more-famous uncle , ‘ I expect it will attract a lot of people . ’ |
| 28 | Nowadays we are used to these things — the spinning jewelled diadems of Rigel ; the quasi-organic models of the Frasque , that echo the shapes of the hives and cocoons built by insects ; the Palernian Brisk , which looks nothing like its name , more like a bundle of sausages . |
| 29 | Certainly the lateral geniculate nucleus in rats looks nothing like the lateral geniculate nucleus in monkeys . |
| 30 | It 's classed as being a conifer but it looks nothing like one . |