Example sentences of "be nobody [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way there 'd be nobody around to do him any harm . ’ |
| 2 | If you had a predominance of company workers where everybody run around following the rules well there 'd be nobody else to do anything else . |
| 3 | at night cos there 's nobody here to have a conversation with . |
| 4 | It was almost empty , there was nobody around to check with and they duly boarded . |
| 5 | She got lost in the labyrinth of yards and passageways that separated the numerous buildings , many of them apparently disused or derelict , that covered the factory site , and there was nobody around to direct her . |
| 6 | There was nobody else to turn to . |
| 7 | Of course , that sort of thing has a really limited audience and , because we were living in Hawaii , there was nobody there to watch us anyway , so we were coming up with the most insane stuff we could do , basically just to please ourselves ! |
| 8 | ‘ It droned on a bit — and there was nobody there to answer any of the questions that were raised . ’ |
| 9 | but they were always a bit erm unhappy when they gave up so much time and er there was nobody there to listen to them when when they got there . |
| 10 | This is the some the th one of the things I was going to suggest about I was going to leave it till next meeting , is that we we try and organize ourselves so that we are not su Last year I found myself sitting there frantically writing names on raffle tickets , knowing I was going out to play in about ten minutes , but there was nobody there to take over . |
| 11 | I was shocked , angry and frightened and , although I walked out of that courtroom with my life in pieces , there was nobody there to help me . |
| 12 | There was nobody about to see me knocking on Sally 's door . |