Example sentences of "be [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been nothing achieved by the expedition save the coachman 's cold which now threatened to lay low the rest of her staff . |
| 2 | But for the sheer number of performances , there has been nothing to compare with the serial trials of white collar criminals . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know what the reasons are because there has been nothing said to me , ’ he said . |
| 4 | Perhaps his worst betrayal had been nothing to do with unburnt papers , it had been whatever he had conceded , or let slip , or left ambiguous , at the second long examination after arriving in Edinburgh . |
| 5 | Her anger last night had been nothing compared to this . |
| 6 | And once the sex had gone , there had really been nothing left at all . |
| 7 | She had been far too busy trying to cope with the sale of the large estate , and by the time all her father 's debts had been settled there had been nothing left except the old Elizabethan Manor House . |
| 8 | Michael also has problems with speech but these are nothing compared with Henry 's . |
| 9 | But they are nothing compared with the Caledonian and Alpine Ophiolite suites . |
| 10 | But such worries are nothing compared to the dilemma facing the Kremlin as the waves of perestroika lap at one of the last fortresses of communist orthodoxy . |
| 11 | But pricey as the drinks at Kamieniolomy are , they are nothing compared to the girls . |
| 12 | In one of her poems , she feels sad , weary and footsore , but then sees that her sufferings are nothing compared to the sufferings of Jesus . |
| 13 | The hardships we are suffering in the recession are nothing compared to the hell of the Bosnian detention camps , and if we can not find the cash to help what amounts to very few of them then we are morally as well as economically bankrupt . |
| 14 | But those are nothing compared to the effects of crime on the victims , particularly elderly ones . |
| 15 | But his selection problems are nothing compared to the turmoil at Lyngby , following the sale of five of their players , the shock resignation of coach Kent Karlsson and just one win from their opening six games of the season . |
| 16 | Crilly is right ; drugs are nothing compared to this . |
| 17 | Women because they are weak and stupid and live in the shadow of men and are nothing compared to them , and the Sea because it has always frustrated me , destroying what I have built , washing away what I have left , wiping clean the marks I have made . |
| 18 | Asked if he knew anything of fox dumping , he said : ‘ Obviously we are nothing to do with it ’ . |
| 19 | The mechanics , the in-house mechanics , which are nothing to do with the backbenchers , which they know nothing of and understand even less . |
| 20 | Aye the , many of the reasons for these being over are nothing to do with the efficiency of the design office , they 're due to the efficiency of the s |
| 21 | I m I mean we have approved these schemes , I mean th they are nothing to do with direct share ownership . |
| 22 | ‘ My mother 's affairs and your personal problems are nothing to do with any English solicitor . |
| 23 | Your relationships are nothing to do with me . |
| 24 | They are bony fish ( with swimbladders ) related to herrings , trout , etc. , and are nothing to do with sharks . |
| 25 | But of course er the timetable er for the constituency changes er now and the problems that we 're facing are nothing to do with er any action in the compass of the government here , it is because France has yet to ratify , one hopes they will . |
| 26 | Your domestic arrangements are nothing to do with us , Dr Rafaelo . ’ |
| 27 | Wew 've been working on it for a long time , polticals issues are nothing to do with us , we 're a commercial company |
| 28 | ‘ Who am I to dance with ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not sentimental , and nor am I flattered by having my photo in a newspaper , but my mother likes that sort of thing , so I 'm sending one to her in England , ’ she snapped , and hesitated perceptibly before continuing . |
| 30 | ‘ Neither , ’ he continued in the same gentle tone of voice , ‘ am I prepared to be cast as some Viking lover straight out of a Hollywood film , rampaging and raping so that you can put the full responsibilities of your actions on me . |