Example sentences of "nothing do [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For nothing done by Hitler in the external sphere during Eden 's time at the Foreign Office aroused any public reaction remotely comparable to that which engulfed Hoare over Abyssinia .
2 Especially in a village like Markham cum Cumbermound with nothing to do for kids in the evening . ’
3 There was a pause , before Simon said with a smile , ‘ Well , that 's a bit difficult ; there 's nothing to do between elections . ’
4 And I get bored with nothing to do on holiday but lie in the sun . ’
5 Lots of chaps with pink coats will have nothing to do on winter mornings unless we let 'em come repossessin' with us .
6 Do you know , we sat on that beach all day Thursday , it was really boring , there was nothing to do on Thursday .
7 No more German targets to bomb , nothing to do except circuits and bumps , navigation trips and map reading .
8 But , despite her hunger , she took as long as possible over the simple meal , desperately trying to stave off the moment when they would have nothing to do except talk or sleep .
9 Perhaps his worst betrayal had been nothing to do with unburnt papers , it had been whatever he had conceded , or let slip , or left ambiguous , at the second long examination after arriving in Edinburgh .
10 ‘ I never remember a fight with more than two people involved with the rest of us encouraging them usually , holding their coats until the police stepped in to break it up , and these scuffles normally had nothing to do with loyalty to rival teams . ’
11 But what 's happening here has nothing to do with loyalty or belief . ’
12 A comment of interest , when subscriptions to pay for the bell were not forthcoming appears in the Church magazine : " This is a matter which the Non-conformist might reasonably be expected to support , a fine peal of bells is something for all inhabitants of Halling to be proud of , they are rung on many occasions , which have nothing to do with church services " .
13 It 's nothing , these are n't nothing to do with Mark .
14 And you say they 're nothing to do with Mark
15 Common sense suggests that the real risk of audit failure has nothing to do with independence .
16 Common sense suggests that the real risk of audit failure has nothing to do with independence .
17 ‘ It 's nothing to do with pay , sir . ’
18 ‘ Berenice is nothing to do with Garry any more .
19 They are bony fish ( with swimbladders ) related to herrings , trout , etc. , and are nothing to do with sharks .
20 But more often than not these decisions are made for reasons which have little or nothing to do with creativity .
21 Whatever the true origins of grammatical gender , it can not be true that it has nothing to do with sex .
22 From Les Amants to Pretty Baby he has often seemed to be using sexual subjects to make films about something else entirely , and in as much as sex and the life force are connected , his two sexiest films remain Viva Maria and Zazie dans Le Metro , which have nothing to do with sex at all .
23 That has nothing to do with LEDU .
24 But he winced at that , and she thought , this has nothing to do with ego , and continued , ‘ I 'm thinking that really the big difference is that it must make it more difficult to handle things .
25 He was unaware that 20 of the 21 clauses and all the schedules had nothing to do with Scotland .
26 Crocus biflorus provides not only our foggy purple sort , as well as the so-called ‘ Scotch Crocus ’ ( nothing to do with Scotland , but the patterned outer petals were thought to look tartan ) , but also the brilliant yellow ones normally assigned to C chrysanthus .
27 The main purpose of the pro-am has nothing to do with golf .
28 The reason you want to see his lordship has nothing to do with gratitude and you know it .
29 Originally it probably had nothing to do with Jacob , but was a local tale told in the region around the Jabbok which somehow found its way into his narrative .
30 If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars .
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