Example sentences of "[indef pn] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inside , maids in black took coats for tickets , and told everyone to go through the lounge as Mrs Coley was receiving in the pool area . |
| 2 | And I 've nothing to report on the buses or trains . |
| 3 | And Hill added : ‘ There is nothing to report to the FA as far as I am concerned . |
| 4 | The fact that this stack is merely structured from stone , the result of a well understood physical sequence , does nothing to detract from the Old Man 's personal aura . |
| 5 | This mixture of sizes did nothing to detract from the overall beauty of the place ; rather they gave interest , drawing the eye to different shapes and heights . |
| 6 | The slight pallor beneath his tan and the white bandage high on his left arm did nothing to detract from the air of menace about him . |
| 7 | In many households it is conventional for everyone to retire at the same time , and to re-emerge simultaneously in the morning , with scant toleration being shown to individuals who do not conform . |
| 8 | Howard James had felt pain before , but nothing to compare to the agony he felt from his shattered leg . |
| 9 | But for the sheer number of performances , there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals . |
| 10 | Indeed , they demonstrate little interest in or carry any vim into their academic work ; certainly nothing to compare with the avid desire for technique and expertise many take to the sports field . |
| 11 | The first important modern paintings sale of the year held by Guy Loudmer on 16 February contained nothing to compare with the outstanding works featured in his sales during the height of the speculative boom two or three years ago . |
| 12 | The prestigious Antiquaires à Paris group of dealers who specialise in eighteenth-century French furniture albeit with many sidelines is back again this year for the first time since 1986 , although with nothing to compare with the extravagantly decorated and richly stocked collective stand which caused so much jealousy then . |
| 13 | Dressing-up crazes and the appearance of huge inflatables suggest the stirrings of a new culture of spectatorship but there is nothing to compare with the Italian spectacle . |
| 14 | They were completely intimidated — but even under that very strict regime there was nothing to compare with the suggestion that if two or more people refused to get up from the dining table they might be liable to a 10-year prison sentence . |
| 15 | Jane could not bear to give up for , although she knew nothing so harrowing as the run-up to a match or a medal , she knew nothing to compare with the excitement which lay on the other side of the 1st tee : " However tight a match , I never believed that anyone was going to beat me . |
| 16 | But even if we did have some such reason — even if we thought it slightly more natural for right-handed people , who form the majority , to drive on the right — our reasons for wanting everyone to drive on the same side would still be much stronger . |
| 17 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 18 | ‘ But now Miss Kyte must leave you , or she will have nothing to wear for the occasion . ’ |
| 19 | Inspired , yes , by a bus run , but the booler is definitely my own husband who is devoted to sport and allows nothing to come in the way of his bowls , both indoor and outdoor bowling . |
| 20 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 21 | ‘ We 've nothing to hide from the police , ’ Windeler said . |
| 22 | But as the development officer said , ‘ there are also a lot of people in need , so it 's very easy for someone to fall through the net ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ Carrie said , though she thought it a strange dress for someone to wear in the daytime . |
| 24 | Once he had gone away Wickham gave instructions for someone to go to the address in Fleet Street . |
| 25 | Kartoffel had felt the team needed a touch of glamour — someone to pull in the big bucks and wow the cameras across the Reich . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
| 27 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 28 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I just need someone to help with the paperwork . ’ |
| 30 | Do you want me to send someone to look at the plough ? ’ |