Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and nothing for Bedlington Disabled |
| 2 | There was nothing for Sophie to say after that and she resigned herself to the prospect of meeting Robert again , but later that morning , while she was working alone in the office , she felt desperately unhappy . |
| 3 | Nothing left at the scene , nothing for Wickham to go on . |
| 4 | But there was nothing for filmmakers to do but plunge on , grab every chance that came their way and hope for the best . |
| 5 | There was almost nothing for Diane to do but move around saying hello , accept a couple of dances , and nod amiably to people that she hardly knew . |
| 6 | Angels posed obligingly in front of my easel and it was nothing for Christ to stand on the river in front of this Mill . |
| 7 | There was nothing for Branson to do now but cut his losses , and trust to a return of the Branson luck . |
| 8 | Coventry were so poor there was nothing for Wright to get excited about . |
| 9 | There was usually literally nothing for clients to do but sit , watch television , or walk about . |
| 10 | I like to ‘ shoot ’ every Whaddon game and it is nothing for Jock to spend a whole weekend analysing , in minute detail , every little aspect of his instruction manual in the hope he can learn to operate the video machine . |
| 11 | There was never any call for inducements because there was really nothing for people to break the law with . |
| 12 | There was nothing for Hussey to do but bow before the wind with as good a grace as he might , profess his resolve to do all that was required of him-at whatever penal cost to himself , his martyred countenance implied — reverently kiss the prince 's hand , and withdraw to his plain , melancholy wife and his two fat manors up-river . |
| 13 | It used to release captured foxes , give them up to nine minutes start , and chase them through areas designed Old England , Leicestershire , Hill District , Home Circuit . |
| 14 | … neither suffer them through negligence to mould and be moth-eaten or want their strings and covers . |
| 15 | Northam ( 1988 ) points out how the Metropolitan police have responded with ‘ considerable imagination ’ to the apathy and cynicism of lower ranks by putting them through courses designed to combat sexism , racism and what he calls the John Wayne machismo ‘ canteen culture ’ . |
| 16 | Gail Smith writes ‘ The burden God has given me for Albania took root in 1982 the first time I ever heard mention of the country and people . |
| 17 | He came to me for stuff to forget all that . |
| 18 | He asked me for £100,000 to help him pay legal fees . |
| 19 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 20 | ‘ Because it suits me for Louis to believe I have problems , and that I 'm trying to forget them in the arms of an attractive young woman I 'm not willing to share . ’ |
| 21 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 22 | ‘ Although , God knows ’ , he said , ‘ the poor Birds ought to have a holiday from me for years to come , for I have been incessantly shooting and my own gun was not the only one that waged war upon them . |
| 23 | The day that battered sundial he offered me for £1,650 finds its way into my garden is the day I wo n't need to work for a living . |
| 24 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 25 | Yeah , so he said well charge me for wheel balancing then or something no he said , we ca n't do that . |
| 26 | All the more disappointing therefore to learn later that some Seniors members who had blackballed me for Muirfield had now put in an objection to my joining this club too . |
| 27 | Accordingly , the parties agree that each of them will accept my decision on the matters referred to me hereunder as conclusive and binding and that neither will bring any action or proceeding or make any claim against me as expert relating to or arising from the performance of my duties hereunder . |
| 28 | This has , in point of fact , always struck me as behaviour verging on the pathological . |
| 29 | He needed me as unction to soothe his pain . |
| 30 | Then turning to Joe she asked , ‘ You , Master Joe , you 've heard nothing about officers coming here , have you ? ’ |