Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have nothing to lose except self-respect and honey , that went months ago . |
| 2 | Since they were cut off from the mainstream anyway , both sexually and socially , they had nothing to lose by outrageousness in their clothes ’ . |
| 3 | As a result , I reacted in front of the jury in a way which may have made them think that , in fact , the defence had nothing to lose by disclosure of the statement . |
| 4 | We have all felt the frustration of dealing with institutions and bureaucracy — receiving the institutional brush off , the failure to generate a spark of interest or concern , knowing that nothing will be done and nothing change in response to your grievance . |
| 5 | But in the country , low population density compels everyone to go to school together . |
| 6 | Everyone goes to bed with everyone else and has orgasms over what great writers they are . |
| 7 | It 's wh that 's everyone goes to court because it 's it 's down to the er ju what they call the judicial system to work it out what it is . |
| 8 | There will be two sittings for tea and to avoid chaos we must ensure that everyone goes to tea at their allotted time . |
| 9 | Imagine my amazement when , on my first day in the new set-up , I found that everyone fought for attention by dramatizing every event . |
| 10 | Everyone understands about money . |
| 11 | Nothing is random , nothing goes to waste : |
| 12 | the software program from Aldus Corporation that everyone associates with desktop publishing due to its immense success on the Apple Macintosh . |
| 13 | The handicaps are worked out on the results of a trial race and then on all subsequent races everyone starts at minute intervals depending on their previous result . |
| 14 | If everyone stands on tiptoe , no one sees better . |
| 15 | But I 'd just like everyone to know for Daddy 's sake that he had nothing to do with it . |
| 16 | Everyone dresses in yellow . |
| 17 | Yet nothing has in reality contributed so much to free the press from any control . |
| 18 | Oh , David 's father , he 's such an old stick nowadays , he wants everyone to jump to attention when he comes in the room . |
| 19 | Enforcement : If someone builds without planning permission , the council may take enforcement action against the owner or occupier of the property . |
| 20 | We talk casually of someone drowning in work or drinking themselves to death long before a terminal illness shows itself or their suicidal drive is detected . |
| 21 | Well I 'm a bit worried when people are buying these guarantees and someone goes into liquidation , like for instance if you buy an extended warranty then usually dealers tie up with one particular broker specialising in that form of insurance , and and if that particular dealer — the car dealer — gets the insurance and it 's in his or her name |
| 22 | I am not averse to packs of information on what happens when someone goes into prison . |
| 23 | However the failure of someone to go to mass is considered to be a serious crime . |
| 24 | But what they can do in this case is the manufacturer 's at C , but the manufacturer can not deliver to the shop until maybe two weeks time they can phone us , the carrier , we will then arrange for someone to go to manufacturer at C , pick it up , bring it to us and then we 'll take to the shop . |
| 25 | He heard Murtach shouting , someone banging on timber frantically . |
| 26 | ‘ I can tell you this much : someone tried to garotte you and almost succeeded . ’ |
| 27 | The defence of disclaimer is available to someone charged under section 1(1) ( b ) . |
| 28 | This dealer commits an offence under section 1(1) ( a ) and the defence of disclaimer is no defence whatsoever to someone charged under section 1(1) ( a ) , R. v. Southwood ( 1987 C.A. ) . |
| 29 | She felt a bit like someone caught in quicksand , whose every turn only succeeded in further compounding the difficulties . |
| 30 | He says he looked like someone dying of AIDS . |