Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that . |
| 2 | It is known to everyone as the 'Spruce Goose ’ , but what was its official name ? |
| 3 | " Everyone for the gentleman 's photograph , " he shouted , lining the elderly people against the side of the bus . |
| 4 | The defendants , some of them very young , belonged to a small left-wing group known as Everyone for the Motherland Movement ( Movimiento Todos por la Patria — MTP ) ; at the time 13 of them were arrested inside the barracks and five nearby , while two , including a priest , surrendered later . |
| 5 | Join everyone for the party of the year in the Daten Sports and Social Club on Wednesday , 31st March . |
| 6 | It very rarely happens that you take several fish in one period and then nothing for the remainder of the time you spend on the water . |
| 7 | Fortunately , modern enclosures are slowly replacing these cages which are cramped and provide nothing for the animal . |
| 8 | Oh , I care nothing for the will . |
| 9 | It does absolutely nothing for the child with potential . ’ |
| 10 | It does absolutely nothing for the child with potential . |
| 11 | She had cared nothing for the man who was attacking her then ; her despair now was because she could not bear the caresses of the man whom she loved , and she knew loved her . |
| 12 | I feel nothing for the man Steve Cannock , I feel very much for Maria Luisa . |
| 13 | He lived only in the present , caring nothing for the past or the future . |
| 14 | Riven could see nothing for the water in his eyes , but when the dark shape of the hull loomed up he pushed Madra towards it . |
| 15 | Historically there seems to be no doubt that the English Common Law required nothing for the celebration of a marriage beyond the declared agreement of the parties , which might take the form either of a declaration of present intention , or of a promise to marry followed by actual union . |
| 16 | But , up until now , they have offered nothing for the budget or ‘ entry level ’ guitar market . |
| 17 | In a decade , Clinton 's reforms may salvage the economy' short-term , they do nothing for the deficit . |
| 18 | In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process . |
| 19 | Her apparent cry of anguish last week that John Major has treated her legacy without due reverence is not convincing ; the old bat cares nothing for the well-being of the Conservative Party or indeed Conservative government . |
| 20 | Jesus challenged the Jews of his day with a searching question : ‘ How can you have faith so long as you receive honour from one another , and care nothing for the honour that comes from him who alone is God ? ’ |
| 21 | The " master-servant " class wars did nothing for the service concept , the implication being that he ( or she ) who serves is inferior . |
| 22 | As far as I know , the Canadian Rugby Union has received nothing for the development , or even the maintenance , of our cash-strapped programme . |
| 23 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |
| 24 | So a £4 billion industry can use the product of a £250m one and need pay nothing for the privilege . |
| 25 | I 'll talk to her ; I 'd rather you did n't butt in at this stage — and nothing for the record . |
| 26 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'll say nothing for the moment , ’ said Miss Thorne . |
| 28 | He said nothing for the moment . |
| 29 | Such was the message Lewis passed on , himself saying nothing for the moment of his own extraordinarily exciting find , but agreeing to pick up Morse in about ten minutes ' time , after briefly reporting in to St Aldate 's . |
| 30 | Agnes sighed , then bit on the front of her forefinger before she turned to Jessie again and said , ‘ Look ; if you 're so sure he 'll turn up , we 'll say nothing for the time being . |