Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one belongs to the physical elite for long . |
| 2 | ‘ Handiman made everyone think about the handicapped person in their family that it 's easy to deny , ’ says Damon , who may have found the character 's roots in his own childhood club foot . |
| 3 | The drawback is the cost of insisting that everyone goes for the same type of equipment . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Nothing lived in the entire village , and there was no sign of what had caused the deaths . |
| 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 | But for the sheer number of performances , there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Nothing turns on the statutory definition of those words : it is sufficient to note that from 1988 onwards , governors have been bound to admit a minimum specified number of applicants . |
| 14 | Nothing turns on the precise figures . |
| 15 | " My little boy has nothing to wear for the cold weather . " |
| 16 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 17 | Of course I admit there 's an alcohol problem , but then again it tends to look worse than it is because the res is dry so everyone congregates at the nearest bar , which is two miles south , in Nebraska . |
| 18 | The general assumption by everyone involved on the Allied side , from 5 Corps up to AFHQ , had been that , in terms of the Yalta repatriation agreement , the " Cossacks " were Soviet citizens , and on that basis the decision in Principle had been made that , however much this may have regretted by some people on humanitarian grounds , the British obligation was to hand them over . |
| 19 | The project outline claims that no-one lives in the inner zones , although this is disputed by local non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) , which insist that tribal people currently use all of the forest . |
| 20 | Nothing moved in the entire length of Westmuir Street . |
| 21 | Nothing moved among the tall crops . |
| 22 | In other words , nothing relating to the second NTSB recommendation in the Windsor accident report had been done . |
| 23 | The cats knock the garbage cans over and last week someone got into the front hall and smashed the mirror and the door . |
| 24 | As Brown observes : ‘ 'What does he do ? ’ remains the most illuminating question to ask about someone met for the first time . ’ |
| 25 | The humid heat of the New Guinea forest had probably proven too much for someone used to the dank climate of south Wales , they reassured Joan . |
| 26 | For someone used to the tiny creatures we get in England it was something of a shock , and I said as much as I leapt into the air . |
| 27 | Kartoffel had felt the team needed a touch of glamour — someone to pull in the big bucks and wow the cameras across the Reich . |
| 28 | Catch someone gettin' off the late bus from Tucker . ’ |
| 29 | The snapping of twigs as someone moved over the thick , soggy mass of fallen leaves . |
| 30 | As we also found earlier , it is far from easy to specify exactly what being an autonomous agent actually consists in , although we have a firm conception of a kind of ideal type — someone moved by the pure light of reason who ponders the evidence before them and makes considered , unconstrained decisions . |