Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] nothing [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , even in Minnie , who 's so unlikely that she 's probably true — there probably has been someone who grew up as she did , saloon-wise and card-sharping yet quite sure that she wants nothing to do with the kind of messing around she 's seen under her parents ’ roof . |
| 2 | ‘ My opinion of you has nothing to do with your profession . ’ |
| 3 | In the meantime she has nothing to say to any of you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ She obviously panicked and abandoned the child but she has nothing to fear . |
| 5 | If your sister is as virtuous as you say , then she has nothing to fear from my nephew . ’ |
| 6 | The young mother may feel that she has nothing to offer — after all , much as she loves her children , their conversation may be less than stimulating . |
| 7 | Meantime she has nothing to pay for the upkeep of my two brothers ; in fact , they are bringing in money . ’ |
| 8 | A computer is a wonderfully useful tool but it will be only a nuisance to your wife if all the language data is locked up on disks and she has nothing to look at in a spare five minutes . |
| 9 | State Trooper McNamara reassures her that she has nothing to worry about because there are police there already . |
| 10 | She keeps nothing hidden from Edward , so confident is she of his love and so secure in her belief in the future that lies before them , unconventional and home-based : |
| 11 | And I said , you know , quite honestly Sandra she does nothing to stop these dogs . |
| 12 | So , unsurprisingly , she ensures that she does nothing to cross the ‘ important ’ people on which she is dependent . |
| 13 | She does nothing to help it . |
| 14 | ‘ No , he has nothing to say . |
| 15 | We always laugh and joke and talk so much that Enid hushes us perpetually , and now he has nothing to say . |
| 16 | They could 've done more with the ‘ ol wizard too : unable to use most of the flashy weapons from the armoury , he accumulates huge amounts of dosh as he has nothing to spend it on . |
| 17 | And if he has nothing to leave behind — no counting houses full of money like these pompous millmasters , or no land , no name like those of us who are rather less common — then why take the trouble ? " |
| 18 | STEVE SUSTAD 'S HIMALAYAN EXPLOITS ARE SUBSTANTIAL , YET THIS PUBLICITY-SHY CHARACTER CLAIMS HE HAS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT . |
| 19 | Like the latter-day Woody Allen , he has nothing to declare but his auteurism , a deflection from genuine ambition much like an indie Number One — Hartley 's exact current position in America . |
| 20 | If the cash crops fail for any reason , he has nothing to fall back on . |
| 21 | Not until after the middle of the seventeenth century do we once more find a government clerk making use of verse as an outlet after he has become psychotic , and then , as he writes from the asylum , he has nothing to lose by revealing himself . |
| 22 | As a relieved and slightly rueful Bryan Robson put it : ‘ Shilts always complains that his worst night is when he has nothing to do . |
| 23 | Anyway , he has nothing to do with it , he 's not family . |
| 24 | yes and I 've just verified that this witness agrees on that matter and that he has nothing to do with it , is that right ? |
| 25 | My brother was sacked by a Tory council many years ago in Derbyshire because he had the guts to take it on , and he has nothing to apologise for . |
| 26 | M Beregovoy may claim that he has nothing to reproach himself with , but his acceptance of an interest-free million franc ( £125,000 ) loan from a shady businessman looks suspicious to say the least . |
| 27 | Mr Beregovoy may claim he has nothing to reproach himself for , but his acceptance of an interest-free one million franc ( £125,000 ) loan from a shady businessman looks suspicious to say the least . |
| 28 | Spencer said smoothly , ‘ If my brother is innocent he has nothing to fear . ’ |
| 29 | If he believes all that he says he does , surely he has nothing to fear from offering the Scottish people a multi-option referendum . |
| 30 | He 'll be on the bench today and the boss says : ‘ Danny has finally learned he has nothing to prove here — whereas I think he tried too hard before . |