Example sentences of "[vb -s] [indef pn] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I learned that even if you pay the mortgage on your home and your husband contributes nothing to bills , you can not legally lock him out of the matrimonial home . |
| 2 | The notional/functional syllabus offers nothing of novelty here . |
| 3 | This kind of smychka produces nothing but harm . ’ |
| 4 | In essence this doubt holds nothing against truth except that it is inconvenient . |
| 5 | Be that as it may , our source notes that Spring has been written from scratch , is not Unix and owes nothing to AT&T 's code . |
| 6 | He spares nothing in pursuit of surprise and mystery . |
| 7 | The Harpies ' cave is little more than a smelly hollow in the side of the hill , and contains nothing of interest , save for old bones from the Harpies ' victims . |
| 8 | It contains nothing of interest to the binocular observer . |
| 9 | Sextans contains nothing of interest to the binocular observer . |
| 10 | Sir James McKinnon says he has nothing but admiration for the way in which Mr Morrison bounced back . |
| 11 | But they remain firm friends , and David has nothing but praise for the way his former girlfriend has handled stardom . |
| 12 | Back on the ground in Nottinghamshire Philip has nothing but praise for his flying machine . |
| 13 | Sir Bernard has nothing but contempt for politically embarrassing journalism . |
| 14 | Sometimes a piece of fruit or a tub of yogurt is eaten at the end of lunch but more often she finishes with a biscuit or has nothing as dessert . |
| 15 | Roald Dahl has nothing on Lewis Carroll when it comes to the grotesque . |
| 16 | WHEN it comes to press manipulation , the Ministry of Defence has nothing on Apple Corporation , maker of the famous Apple microcomputer . |
| 17 | The cave is ten yards long with a low roof and has nothing of interest , its only merit being as a safe refuge from rain and wind . |
| 18 | Jan Rowe says he has nothing against badgers in general and he appreciates that they are not affecting very big areas or all that many farms when viewed nationally . |
| 19 | Guttersnipe has nothing against adultery per se , but feels that Mr Jones is trying perhaps a little too hard to live up to his theme tune ‘ It 's Not Unusual ’ . |
| 20 | Of course Potter has nothing against unions as such , he has been a member of the National Union of Teachers all his working life . |
| 21 | But he has nothing like Lewis ' big-time experience , is much lighter and was floored before winning his last fight against Australian Craig Petersen in Antwerp a month ago . |
| 22 | The school has nothing in common with the old finishing schools for daughters of the party elite . |
| 23 | For Shumiatski the famous scene in Modern Times in which Chaplin accidentally finds himself leading a Socialist demonstration showed the comedian remaining ‘ true to himself ’ for ‘ he is lonely — his path has nothing in common with the path of the masses — it is the path of the external failure ’ . |
| 24 | Second , it has nothing in common with known paintings by Raven . |
| 25 | This method has nothing in common with the pivotal method , but has great advantages in certain circumstances . |
| 26 | It has nothing in common with cases in which a particular producer , by acquiring monopoly control over a resource , is able to maintain his position as sole source of supply indefinitely . |
| 27 | Tom wants someone on hand but I do n't want to ask for extra men on Boxing Day in case of trouble which might well not happen . |
| 28 | He needs someone with style , taste , experience . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Ideally it needs someone from Alton . |
| 30 | By contrast jadeite contains plenty of alumina and soda , only weakly present in nephrite . |