Example sentences of "[indef pn] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having survived a British pre-qualifying event last week for a wild card place in this week 's draw , Ahl said she felt she had nothing to lose against a player who is about 200 places higher in the world rankings . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And I 've nothing to report on the buses or trains . |
| 4 | And Hill added : ‘ There is nothing to report to the FA as far as I am concerned . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Howard James had felt pain before , but nothing to compare to the agony he felt from his shattered leg . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ But now Miss Kyte must leave you , or she will have nothing to wear for the occasion . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've nothing to hide from the police , ’ Windeler said . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's lovely , ’ Carrie said , though she thought it a strange dress for someone to wear in the daytime . |
| 15 | Meantime , this urgent request for someone to go with a government family to North Africa |
| 16 | Once he had gone away Wickham gave instructions for someone to go to the address in Fleet Street . |
| 17 | You may be able to get someone to talk on a topic that also features in the textbook so that the video recording would introduce listening comprehension work that linked to a reading task . |
| 18 | ‘ I suppose it 's feasible that a girl with your looks and brains could drive someone to behave in the way you 've described . |
| 19 | In view of the extra expense involved in caring , which is usually even more difficult for someone to afford on a pension , these discrepancies urgently need sorting out . |
| 20 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . |
| 21 | ‘ It is despicable for someone to play on the fears of ordinary people in this way . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I just need someone to help with the paperwork . ’ |
| 23 | Do you want me to send someone to look at the plough ? ’ |
| 24 | The hidden costs of being in hospital — lost income , the cost of employing someone to look after the children , the cost of having someone to look after the home if your partner works , even your partner 's lost income — can soon add up to become a severe financial burden during an already difficult time . |
| 25 | He offered to make all the arrangements , such as organize the travel and someone to look after the cattle for me , so I agreed . |
| 26 | The hidden costs of being in hospital — lost income , the cost of employing someone to look after the children , the cost of having someone to look after the home if your partner works , even your partner 's lost income — can soon add up to become a severe financial burden during an already difficult time . |
| 27 | Val enjoys her work ; her husband , who is a milkman , is able to tie in his shifts with hers at the hospital so that there is always someone to look after the children . |
| 28 | ‘ The Salvation Army are looking for someone to put in a training house they 've got there and — ’ |
| 29 | Whether he had had plans laid for me at the time , or whether at the back of his mind , hidden from consciousness , he knew that in taking me to live with him he would be enrolling someone to deal with the business side of his life , I was never sure . |
| 30 | Bernard could not fail to have been impressed by such spontaneous enthusiasm ; equally , Peter felt Bernard was ‘ obviously a man of excitement heading a most intriguing company , I could see that he needed someone to deal with the administration leaving him free to run his company . ’ |