Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Not only does a tower provide a landmark , alerting everyone for miles around to the presence of the brewery , it also provides the brewery with a trademark , though on the printed version the mill has acquired the adornment of four sales — historically inaccurate but more symmetrical !
2 Everyone for miles around lived in terror of them .
3 Then , with horror , he realised that Johnny knew — had discovered the secret he had managed to keep hidden from everyone for years .
4 Ah know nothin' about sails , nor does Nils — he 's a wizard of an engineer , that 's all .
5 We had enough , we had a roof over our heads and we had enough food and things like that , but nothing for luxuries or little extras .
6 But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best .
7 But such a move does nothing for women , or for the concept of the feminine per se : it expands our understanding of what is to be considered authentically male .
8 While much media attention was given to the recent tax incentives ( made available for workplace nurseries only — introduced in the last budget ( April 1990 ) , it was felt that this means nothing for women in West Belfast or the North of Ireland in general .
9 There was nothing for women and children and nowhere for women to go .
10 Unless , of course , you believe John Smith , whose alternative budget said , nothing for pensions but a two hundred and eighty five million for training .
11 Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown slammed the ‘ arrogant complacency ’ of Ministers who did nothing for homeowners , the unemployed or small businesses .
12 There were very few human beings I cared for and I cared nothing for cactuses .
13 You 'd be doing nothing for hours , kicking your heels on the boundary , then , without any warning , the ball would be skied towards you , and suddenly the outcome of the entire match would rest on your shoulders .
14 ‘ There 'll be nothing for hours .
15 ‘ I should have paid it , but I forgot and heard nothing for ages .
16 ‘ Sarn-Major tells me there 's nothing for Memoranda this morning , so officers can fall out . ’
17 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 .
18 There was nothing for girls , only drudgery and breeding , specially paupers like herself .
19 There was usually literally nothing for clients to do but sit , watch television , or walk about .
20 Often there are letters in the papers from parents who have sent off for T-shirts and pictures from a band 's fan club , only to have their cheque cashed and to receive nothing for months .
21 I go out on a blitz and then tend to spend nothing for months .
22 The deal , announced by Mr Major in the Commons last week , is designed to answer Labour accusations that his six-month EC presidency has done nothing for jobs .
23 Apart from the construction industry in the south-east , it does nothing for jobs . ’
24 And what does say about that ? says that we will keep the level of charges down in the now privately owned companies providing public utilities so there 'll be nothing for dividends .
25 There was nothing west of Adam 's Creek , nothing for miles .
26 This tells us nothing about homosexuals per se .
27 When I knew from nothing about affairs of the heart or the mortgage , I played a short season at the Edinburgh Festival .
28 They did n't get the information they needed , so they knew nothing about things like alternative positions during labour . ’
29 We could borrow one easily enough from a lifting vessel or salvage tug but the chances are high that he 'd know nothing about explosives .
30 Trouble is , I know nothing about explosives .
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