Example sentences of "[verb] nobody [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could do nobody any good . |
| 2 | It 's an ill recession that blows nobody any good . |
| 3 | It 's an ill wind that blows nobody any good , thought Neil platitudinously , as a large bruiser pushed him against one of the pillars of the Haymarket Theatre — I might get my nose broken , but at least my virtue looks like remaining intact ! |
| 4 | Lizzie died , quietly and by herself , giving nobody any trouble . |
| 5 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |