Example sentences of "[conj] there was nobody " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had already dawned on the girl that , from this moment on , she was on her own , and that there was nobody to stand between her and whatever might be devised for her in the future . |
| 2 | The faint gay menace of music , issuing from juke boxes and radios , surrounded her , and it seemed that there was nobody , out of all those hundreds before her gaze , who was not there in the search of amusement — an amusement shallow , elusive , shapeless , all-embracing . |
| 3 | But the thing I hated most was that there was nobody there . |
| 4 | So after a quick glance behind him to check that there was nobody coming in on his blind side from the corridor , he crossed to his locker and pointed to the bulge in its door . |
| 5 | So that there was nobody skipped . |
| 6 | The ostrich dug his head in and believed that there was nobody out there who could notice — and if they did , what did it matter ? |
| 7 | PC Fraser said Sutherland had added that there was nobody inside . |
| 8 | But that little plan was soon put a stop to , for mother would not let me go by myself , and there was nobody to go with me . |
| 9 | And there was nobody to win over with his now not so pretty face . |
| 10 | She got lost in the labyrinth of yards and passageways that separated the numerous buildings , many of them apparently disused or derelict , that covered the factory site , and there was nobody around to direct her . |
| 11 | ‘ Nathan ? ’ she called , and he called back , ‘ Yes ? ’ but there was no second call , and he turned round , and there was nobody there , not a sound , and he felt strange then , he felt as if he 'd been visited . |
| 12 | ‘ It droned on a bit — and there was nobody there to answer any of the questions that were raised . ’ |
| 13 | Today there 's not much of a problem , but at that time it was a little more troublesome and there was nobody doing anything about it . |
| 14 | That was why it had been such a shock when the neighbours came round to tell Lily the baby was screaming and there was nobody answering the door or any lights on in the house . |
| 15 | Bathsheba knew that he would always give his honest opinion , even if she asked him whether she should marry another man , and there was nobody else she could trust . |
| 16 | I could see our ship , but it was wrecked and there was nobody near it . |
| 17 | And there was nobody there . |
| 18 | But then it just all died out and died out and there was nobody then . |
| 19 | So I turned on my electric torch and there was nobody there . |
| 20 | His tea tasted excellent , and there was nobody to disturb him . |
| 21 | I mean they were there at lunchtime when I came home and there was nobody with them so I assumed they 'd knocked off for lunch . |
| 22 | He started chatting and there was nobody else on the bus and I said to him what are they ? |
| 23 | Well anybody knows she actually int cos there was nobody in there to , to see what she were doing with it . |
| 24 | If there was nobody it did n't matter , and if there was somebody , careful creeping was n't going to make a ha'porth of difference . |
| 25 | ‘ What should I have done if there was nobody there ? |
| 26 | Maybe the maids would have left some of the rooms open , if there was nobody staying in them just now . |
| 27 | I do want a little break really and truly , but I , would do it if there was nobody else . |
| 28 | Patients were dying by the hundreds , but there was nobody to carry away the corpses . |
| 29 | He glanced around fearfully but there was nobody around . |
| 30 | But there was nobody left to love now , and that was a good thing . |