Example sentences of "nothing could [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People got snappy , and nothing could compensate for the lack of leave . |
| 2 | But nothing could compare with the two universal sex-symbols of the decade , Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot . |
| 3 | It is such that nothing could get in the way of its operation save changes logically inconsistent with it or with its effect or with a causal sequence of which it and its effect are parts . |
| 4 | Nothing could thrive after the wholesale scouring of the planet … |
| 5 | Nothing could detract from the atmosphere that Madge 's set created , an otherworld of romantic fairyland , all silver and white and iridescent greens . |
| 6 | Nothing could happen until the evening , but then Lucy got her chance to see the inside of Charlie 's office much sooner than she 'd expected . |