Example sentences of "of [pron] else [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie could think of nothing else to say . |
| 2 | She could think of nothing else to say . |
| 3 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 4 | Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do . |
| 5 | She must think of something else to do . |
| 6 | George took his for want of something else to do . |
| 7 | He , Ratagan and Isay were wandering the fortress and taking in the holiday atmosphere for want of something else to do before the feast began . |
| 8 | She snapped the seat belt into position and stared out through the window as if in search of something else to organize . |
| 9 | Rostov tried to think of something else to say , but suddenly it was as if his brain had dried up . |
| 10 | However , the charge is often returned by environmentalists who note how much farmers pride themselves on being ‘ stewards ’ of the English countryside for the benefit of future generations and for the nation at large , but then deny the right of anyone else to have a say in how it should be maintained for them . |
| 11 | ( In all honesty I did n't really think that she would want to flick elastic bands but I could n't think of what else to rhyme with ‘ hands ’ . ) |
| 12 | Unable to think of anything else to do , I suggested to Eileen that we tried regressing her to her childhood . |
| 13 | I could n't think of anything else to do except get out . |
| 14 | I 'll change if I can think of anything else to do , but I ca n't . |
| 15 | Ca n't you think of anything else to ask me ? ’ he appealed . |
| 16 | ’ I could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 17 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 18 | Mariana did n't look up so the smile Trent gave her was a waste of time and he could n't think of anything else to say , or nothing that would make any difference . |
| 19 | But … but I could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 20 | He turned round and disappeared into his house before anyone could think of anything else to say . |
| 21 | ‘ People always say that , ’ she said , ‘ when they ca n't think of anything else to say . |
| 22 | Er I ca n't really find , think of anything else to say only that it was thrift because mother was thrifty . |
| 23 | He could n't quite believe the way things appeared to be going , and could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 24 | He could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 25 | He could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 26 | He stood there , hands thrust into the pockets of his robe , quite calm , and Carter , unable to think of anything else to say , stepped into the corridor and went after Munro . |
| 27 | Unable to think of anything else to say , she felt guiltily relieved when the blonde got up to go . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's probably just as well , ’ Terry giggled , ‘ because he probably ca n't think of anything else to tell you . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ This is all right , ’ said Dyson , taking pains to ink in one or two faint characters and slipped capitals , in lieu of anything else to correct . |
| 30 | Answer your first-choice question and , if you finish or run out of anything else to write before the allocated time , do not give the extra time to the second question but keep it in reserve for the end of the examination . |