Example sentences of "nothing could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They took up the whole of the street and nothing could move until this sea of humanity had passed by . ’ |
| 2 | They tied down the oars , too , so that nothing could move them . |
| 3 | The snow was that heavy that no traffic , nothing could move . |
| 4 | Nothing could move her and when Glyn came back later for dinner , armed with further arguments , he realised she was completely adamant . |
| 5 | And Hereford was so blocked that nothing could move . |
| 6 | as if nothing could beat you once you 'd made up your mind . ’ |
| 7 | Nothing could molest them . |
| 8 | The power of the sword was so great that nothing could stand against him . |
| 9 | Nothing could hurt her mother now and nothing could hurt her father even . |
| 10 | Nothing could hurt her mother now and nothing could hurt her father even . |
| 11 | Yet nothing could alter the double personal difficulty — a difference of principles between a low churchman and a high churchman , and an indefinable difference of temperament . |
| 12 | Nothing could daunt me and I talked to everyone with the same message : ‘ Cancer was absolutely great because it put you in touch with yourself and the world . ’ |
| 13 | When in her twenties , nothing could stop her and she was proud to remember marriages faltering and once even , Astrid 's , biting the dust . |
| 14 | By two forty-five her confidence was complete ; nothing could stop her now . |
| 15 | ‘ Nothing could stop her . |
| 16 | Now it looks as if nothing could stop West Germany taking the lead with her unbeatable combination of credentials : guilt , enthusiasm , material interest and money . |
| 17 | Just the same , Wyss found himself sliding , and sensed the others sliding back too , and nothing could stop them . |
| 18 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |
| 19 | Their acquiescence was to be encouraged by a campaign of information and by mobilising convinced peasants to persuade recalcitrant ones , but nothing could stop the tractors from moving in on the appointed day . |
| 20 | It seemed nothing could stop him , but there was still that chance of losing it to be overcome , and sure enough it came . |
| 21 | But Phoenician traders were notorious for their shady dealings around the Mediterranean and if there was a precious commodity for which they could find a ready market , nothing could stop them . |
| 22 | But nothing could stop him now . |
| 23 | At this Mr Mitchell may have regretted his generosity for he coloured , but nothing could stop Granny when she wanted to create a drama . |
| 24 | When she was alone , Emily allowed herself a smile of satisfaction , nothing could stop her now , she was on her way up and all thanks to her own ingenuity . |
| 25 | I reassured myself that nothing could stop me keeping in touch with the women on a voluntary basis , provided they wished to remain friends . |
| 26 | Art school , university , we were going out of Yorkshire and nothing could stop us . |
| 27 | Nothing could stop them now . |
| 28 | But nothing could stop her from breathlessly anticipating the next light , accidental caress . |
| 29 | Like a woman inspired , she was dashing off design after design , as though nothing could stop her . |
| 30 | Nothing could stop her now . |