Example sentences of "[pron] nothing but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has brought me nothing but trouble . |
| 2 | I bought just one pair and , sure enough , they gave me nothing but trouble . |
| 3 | He has given me nothing but total loyalty and respect at a time when I needed it most . |
| 4 | ‘ The strip showed huge distorted bodies with monster heads and twisted limbs sprouting with such things as : ‘ Vera , your beauty is unsurpassed in the undeniable excess of its obscenity and still you mouth me nothing but zero . ’ ’ |
| 5 | To be in charge of a Scotland team is something that gives me nothing but pride . ’ |
| 6 | You 've caused me nothing but problems ever since you … ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why its nothing but an old privet bush , ‘ scoffed the grown-ups . |
| 8 | We do not wish to commit Spain to entering the war merely in order to frighten England into a peace from which nothing but the independence of the Americans would be obtained … |
| 9 | In places the grass was gone altogether and everywhere there were clusters of dry droppings , through which nothing but the ragwort would grow . |
| 10 | I 've told you nothing but a pack of lies . ’ |
| 11 | We have resisted the temptation to link up with any beauty product firm simply because we want our panel of experts to give you nothing but honest , impartial and wholly unbiased advice . |
| 12 | A good beating like I gave young Harry now and agin do n't do you nothing but good . |
| 13 | Doctor : ‘ Well , we put you in a private room and feed you nothing but veal escalopes and pancakes . ’ |
| 14 | And Dr Neil , staring at her wine glass as though it were a bomb , said , ‘ Trust me McAllister ; alcohol will do you nothing but good after your adventures tonight — you will sleep well , and I have already given you my word that I will behave myself . ’ |
| 15 | I mean you nothing but good , why should we quarrel ? |
| 16 | How could you be when I 've shown you nothing but contempt ? ’ |
| 17 | The affair took on quite a different aspect when Mrs Kelleher saw that it was only Miss Nicandra having a bit of fun for herself nothing but smiles now and urgent invitations to a cup of tea . |
| 18 | ‘ Was there nothing but this Mrs Browne 's word to identify the dead girl ? ’ he asked rather grimly . |
| 19 | As Rose had predicted , it brought her nothing but trouble . |
| 20 | If she learns that they bring her nothing but exhaustion , she will try to avoid them . |
| 21 | Her own afforded her nothing but a transient thrill , but mine supplied another dose of semen to chuck at the uterine wall where , sooner or later , she reckoned , some of it must stick . |
| 22 | But , as she could tell the 1992 contestants lining up today in South Africa 's Sun City , it brought her nothing but heartache . |
| 23 | Ireland had caused her nothing but trouble , and not only her , but those she held dear . |
| 24 | If Ireland was a woman — as the poet Yeats kept saying — then she was a banshee , a fairy woman , who brought with her nothing but death and despair . |
| 25 | Seven years ago he 'd gone away , leaving her nothing but the cup to remember him by ; it was so long ago that Crazy Jake , with his wide strange eyes and his queer stories , seemed more like a creature from a dream than a flesh-and-blood father . |
| 26 | In the distance the curving edge of it ; everywhere else below her nothing but the flat expanse of mottled brown and grey . |
| 27 | ‘ You can bring her nothing but trouble and misery . |
| 28 | Her involvement with Adam and Rourke had brought her nothing but trouble and recrimination so far , and when she looked ahead to the future she could see only a bleak landscape stretching out before her . |
| 29 | Nothing would destroy her — least of all these totally inappropriate emotions for a man who had brought her nothing but misery . |
| 30 | In truth , he had given her nothing but dreams . |