Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She knew nothing about the particular thing . |
| 32 | She saw Naylor 's sharp glance go over her , but , while she quickly lowered her glance , she could do nothing about the unexpected riot of colour that flooded her face . |
| 33 | If that dreadful mid-Atlantic ‘ celebrity ’ who rummages through other people 's houses in the appalling ‘ Through the Keyhole ’ TV programme delved through the house of Australia rugby , he would find any amount of shimmering silverware — the World Cup itself , the Bledisloe Cup , and so on — but the contents would tell you nothing about the true greatness of the inhabitants . |
| 34 | Knowing nothing about the likely sums involved , or the intentions of Viola 's younger son , the discussion was inconclusive , but as he stopped his car outside its magnificent , unpaid-for garage , Desmond said : ‘ I think I 'd better keep an eye on young Hilary . ’ |
| 35 | Finally , one major gap in Oakeshott 's theory is that it says nothing about the fundamental issue of how societas may be reconstituted in the modern age . |
| 36 | ‘ I know nothing about the domestic side of life — and I do n't intend to start getting involved with it now . ’ |
| 37 | But if spatial relations within a phenomenological space can tell us nothing about the numerical diversity of ontological objects , there is even less that can be gleaned in this respect from temporal relations within a phenomenological time . |
| 38 | ‘ Nothing about the local connection yet but I 've had a word with the boys at Penzance . |
| 39 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 40 | Police were searching for the missing bicycle , but the announcer said nothing about the missing hair . |
| 41 | I felt the soap operas were raising issues about how you survived and coped in the late eighties that both addressed political issues and also involved me emotionally , whereas nothing about the formal election coverage got to me at all — apart from the Labour Party Political Broadcast , the first one in history to be repeated by popular demand ! |
| 42 | Indeed overall , he says surprisingly little about Grace and next to nothing about the sacramental life ; for these reasons one might regret the title which he gave to the three books gathered into one — Mere Christianity — for it implies that he has written a sort of mini-Summa or encyclopaedia of theology . |
| 43 | He climbed the stairs but could see nothing through the hammered glass panels of the front door . |
| 44 | Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass . |
| 45 | She could see nothing through the thick clouds of dust that choked her . |
| 46 | There 's nothing between the two teams … |
| 47 | One such attempt came to nothing during the Second World War , when a military coup mounted under the pro-Nazi Rashid Ali al-Gailani was defeated . |
| 48 | Stephen Leach , 35 , of no fixed abode , said nothing during the brief hearing before Liverpool magistrates . |
| 49 | The earlier cases do not make any reference to the possibility of arresting someone for the sole purpose of questioning him or her with a view to obtaining a confession . |
| 50 | There 's always that barrier to be got over , when you are going to sleep with someone for the first time , and I just thought it would be a good time to get it over with . |
| 51 | When you meet someone for the first time , that person can |
| 52 | For I am on equal terms with someone for the first time in my life . |
| 53 | So we did the double over someone for the first time since beating Sheff United in the championship winning game . |
| 54 | As in all societies , ritual is particularly important when meeting someone for the first time . |
| 55 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 56 | Who the other call was to Jihan has never revealed , but it is certain that it must have been someone of the highest importance , and that her purpose was to obtain from the most authoritative source possible some outside indication of what was happening in Egypt . |
| 57 | Only do this where you think there may actually be someone of the right calibre available . |
| 58 | He was therefore use to give up the leadership of the BDA at this juncture and to leave it to someone of the new generation to embrace politics in order to achieve a better deal for the deaf . |
| 59 | Second , the court held that marriage as an institution is , by definition , the association of someone of the male sex with someone of the female sex , gender having no relevance . |
| 60 | Second , the court held that marriage as an institution is , by definition , the association of someone of the male sex with someone of the female sex , gender having no relevance . |