Example sentences of "there was nothing [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So there was nothing else to do then but head for the Vareyoc Café and try to relax . |
| 3 | He inevitably became a sunset watcher ; there was nothing else to do . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was nothing else to do ; on her prowls through the empty burrow she 'd already viewed the geology cubes and there was nothing else but tasteless pornography . |
| 6 | There was nothing else to do with him ; theatrical landladies did n't offer babysitting with the rent . |
| 7 | ‘ I accepted the heroin because I felt there was nothing else to do — I loved him , ’ she says . |
| 8 | And on the Sunday well you 'd go to church or chapel because literally there was nothing else to do . |
| 9 | There was nothing else to do . |
| 10 | But it was equally obvious , to the impartial eye at the lens , that there was nothing else to do . |
| 11 | When he had begged enough , when there was nothing else to repeat , Frick had appeared to surrender to Schiller 's request . |
| 12 | ‘ It would not be so bad , ’ Karlinsky continued to his now rapt audience , ‘ if there was nothing else to worry about but the hardships and difficulties I have described to you . |
| 13 | We wondered if this had been going on since we were moved out of Beirut last May , but there was nothing else to indicate any serious set-back to our chances of release . |
| 14 | How could she , how could she not remember , there was nothing else to think of , nothing to get in her way , to confuse her . |
| 15 | Beside it a grime encrusted board gave the name and address of the parish priest and the time of services , but there was nothing else to suggest that the door was ever opened . |
| 16 | But there was nothing there to soften the agony of her decision . |
| 17 | Her bowels opened like a tulip , but there was nothing there to come out . |
| 18 | Now when Abbey looked at the policy , because he 'd got the Covermaster policy , the cheque and everything , there was nothing there to indicate that there was a problem . |
| 19 | They had been marginally the more dangerous side , but there was nothing then to suggest that Bradford might not complete their third win of the season over Leeds . |