Example sentences of "[verb] for nothing [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told the Britons they could look for nothing more , no money , no troops , no aid . |
| 2 | We can hope for nothing more than speculation when the events we are talking about took place four billion years ago and took place , moreover , in a world that must have been radically different from that which we know today . |
| 3 | I could wish for nothing more ( unless , of course , his daughter followed , bearing a Toshiba lap-top computer , and skipped down the hill to school ) . |
| 4 | ‘ He will also call for nothing less than a parallel system with equal legal status under which those who can not accept women priests will be able to continue with bishops of like mind . ’ |
| 5 | Always at the back of his mind was a serious actor trying to break out of the ‘ Carry On ’ mould , but while he was wanted for nothing more , says Percival , he was ready to go on showing that he was better than anyone else . |
| 6 | I merely ask that you keep a sceptical , but open mind and ask for nothing more than that you check the figures given to you . |
| 7 | I ask for nothing more . |
| 8 | Jack Lewis was a brilliant attacking wing-half whom Palace obtained for nothing more than a signing-on fee from West Bromwich Albion in the summer of 1938 . |
| 9 | He wished for nothing more at that moment than to join his brother and be part of the scene during the heady days before and during the coronation . |
| 10 | To the embarrassment of Verdeţ , it became clear that the strikers at Lupeni would settle for nothing less than meeting the Comrade face to face and putting their demands to him . |
| 11 | Gurirab had insisted before the talks that Namibia would settle for nothing less than South Africa 's agreement in principle to cede the territories . |
| 12 | ‘ We in the Labour Party will settle for nothing less . ’ |
| 13 | We all need windows in our lives , and at the moment we can ask for nothing more than the scenes flicking past the carriage until , at last , we reach open country and the long dark hours ahead we plough on towards the East and the border . |
| 14 | It was to be a local public relations exercise , bought and paid for nothing more . |