Example sentences of "nothing else [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ There 's nothing else to hang about for now that your friend at UFA has given me a new face .
2 There was nothing else to cause alarm but it seemed to him that every now and then the dark object from which the movement came itself heaved a little , grew larger , and then fell back .
3 Karelius had nothing else to go on , besides which he owed the Hapsburgs ' man something for saving his life .
4 There is absolutely nothing else to go on at all . ’
5 I 've nothing else to give .
6 When he had begged enough , when there was nothing else to repeat , Frick had appeared to surrender to Schiller 's request .
7 Three newspaper man with nothing else to report , since the Transvaal crisis was deemed beyond their capability , were despatched to Broadstairs to try to rootle out any facts that might justify a further paragraph .
8 Sanger duty is particularly boring because there is nothing else to do but look out of the window , and since it is rarely done in pairs social interaction provides no compensation .
9 ‘ There 's nothing else to do . ’
10 What you needed was a Gofer : someone who had nothing else to do but look after you and your team .
11 So there was nothing else to do then but head for the Vareyoc Café and try to relax .
12 The lasses carded wool or span whenever they had nothing else to do , just as at home .
13 We got nothing else to do . ’
14 A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do .
15 She probably had nothing else to do .
16 It was my decision , mainly because I had nothing else to do .
17 He inevitably became a sunset watcher ; there was nothing else to do .
18 Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do .
19 After all , I 've got nothing else to do .
20 ‘ After all , I 've nothing else to do . ’
21 ‘ They are going out and pinching cars because they 've got no money and nothing else to do .
22 Surveyor Chris Easton , who conducted extensive tests on the houses , said : ‘ I think there is nothing else to do but demolish these homes .
23 When I realised there was nothing else to do in the world but write my own songs and play , that 's when I brought them out and did them .
24 However , this did not suggest that they became pregnant by default or because they had nothing else to do , rather motherhood was a central focus of their lives ( Phoenix , 1987 ) .
25 It sounds dull — you 've nothing else to do except clean and dust and cook .
26 There 's nothing else to do anyway except spend all day watching the telly . ’
27 Normally I 'd wan na come off when I 'd run outa money and I 'd got nothing else to do 'cos I 've never gone robbin' or anythin' like that .
28 I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do .
29 So , please do n't assume that teachers have nothing else to do but give lectures and await your arrival in their rooms .
30 I got nothing else to do , and at least we 'll be able to feel we 're trying . ’
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