Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She and Giancarlo sat at a table with a distinguished-looking woman in her fifties , whose name Constance could not remember but who was referred to by everyone as Contessa , and her son , Pino , who laughed a lot and told Constance anecdotes about the other guests . |
| 2 | You then say that when the hotelier went to wake up everyone for breakfast he had a big surprise , for in one bed was all the kings , in another was all the queens , in another all the aces and in the other all the jacks . |
| 3 | A gradual change or deterioration of each of the body 's systems which happens to everyone between childhood and old age . |
| 4 | The Board 's policy of completely absorbing all capital costs and charging nothing for income on capital amounts on average to a subsidy of ninety six pounds per resident per week . |
| 5 | There is often a tendency to stand too far back in an attempt to approach footstraps : this makes lots of fast-sounding gurgling noises in the water behind you but does nothing for board speed . |
| 6 | So this debate is not about saving foxes , it will achieve nothing for animal welfare it is not about the merits or otherwise of fox hunting , from which it diverts attention , it is about the county council seeking to make hollow gestures against their tenants ' rights . |
| 7 | The children pay little or nothing for attendance fees , and only pay according to their parent 's means . |
| 8 | That will do nothing for morale and recruitment in Glasgow . |
| 9 | Government plans to restructure the police force will do nothing for morale , and will not improve the service according to the Scottish Police Federation . |
| 10 | He wanted me to handle all the money side and do the bills but some weeks I had nothing for food , nothing for bills , nothing for the children . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd have thought it would be the West End or nothing for Dane Jacobsen — superstar . ’ |
| 12 | A new Jump Pattern has been worked out and some new races created specifically for horses whose optimum trip is two and a half miles , a distance not previously catered for at championship level both over hurdles and fences , although there will still be nothing for novice chasers over that distance at the Cheltenham Festival . |
| 13 | No wonder they had let the army take over this area ; it was worth nothing for farming . |
| 14 | That did nothing for County 's confidence , but they gradually began to exert a control that promised them at least a draw until Sansom 's unlucky deflection . |
| 15 | Ai n't got nothing for tea now ! |
| 16 | bury something for later , just in case you do n't get nothing for supper |
| 17 | Do n't worry he 's not getting nothing for Christmas but a card and that 's it Ca n't even come and say hello , so bugger him ! |
| 18 | She agreed to come and I took her first to the more brilliantly decorated one , not knowing that she was not only a very religious woman but also a girl who had been brought up in the strictest kind of convent — no heating , nothing for show . |
| 19 | He could afford nothing for tobacco : |
| 20 | With the obvious exception of Clement Freud [ Note : that 's Sir Clement Freud who said on our 150th anniversary , ‘ I would do nothing for Punch except cheer for its demise . ’ ] , everyone must be saddened by this week 's news . |
| 21 | The prime minister , Harold Macmillan , took refuge behind the usual claim that he could say nothing for fear of damaging national security . |
| 22 | On the other hand LOEX has always made material available on loan but nothing for retention . |
| 23 | Swod stared at her impassively and said nothing for moment . |
| 24 | Contrary to a common misunderstanding , the Census asks nothing about wealth or income . |
| 25 | His third cricket book , on the Australians of 1948 , with whom he is imperishably associated , was ‘ To my father , who knows nothing about cricket and cares less , but who was very good to me . ’ |
| 26 | She knew nothing about field forces or induction or anything of that sort . |
| 27 | That 's the first thing , I know nothing about , no well I know nothing about structure or anything else , you know I mean |
| 28 | Comparative Neurobiology by Peter Mill has a lot about standard muscle and nerve physiology , nothing about development and too little about the status and functioning of the invertebrate nervous system . |
| 29 | ‘ Then the doctor said : ‘ You Britons know nothing about toxoplasmosis . |
| 30 | Because McKenzie know little or nothing about rugby , the coach tossed him into the front row . |