Example sentences of "[ex0] is nothing [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they also throw up their arms , and say there is nothing they can do except hope that people power will prevail and the self-styled ‘ great redeemer ’ self-destruct . |
| 2 | Did you know that there is nothing they like better than to be starved ? |
| 3 | They 're trying to make money out of people 's ignorance but there is nothing they do which licensees could n't do for themselves perfectly well . ’ |
| 4 | the social position of the fishermen and their families means that they are scared to speak out , scared to get together with other people to talk about the problems , and they think there is nothing they can do about it . |
| 5 | Those of us with mainly slow-twitch , red fibres are physiologically disadvantaged , because there is nothing we can do about our muscle type . |
| 6 | All of which you will be tired of hearing but it has been brought about by my great fear that my husband will be taken off by the Brownings once more , this time to France and there is nothing we can do to prevent it they being the masters of our fate . |
| 7 | There is nothing we can do now except wait . |
| 8 | Mrs Gracie and I are leaving those poor children — there is nothing we can do for them , after all — and going back to her house in Highbury . |
| 9 | ‘ If Ruth is unwell , that 's very regrettable , but there is nothing we can do for her . |
| 10 | ‘ There is nothing we can do here . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Even though he is still on our books , there is nothing we can do , especially if the French take action and stop him playing now that he has been recognised . |
| 12 | Even if she fails to turn up for her next set of lectures there is nothing we can do but not pay her . |
| 13 | ‘ They can set as many deadlines as they like and there is nothing we can do about it , ’ commented Barnet company secretary Stanley Beller . |
| 14 | ‘ Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about it and it means that the athletes from Durham and Cumbria will not get a second chance of achieving the English Schools qualifying standards . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Brother , there is nothing we can do . ’ |
| 16 | Well that 's true erm and indeed , erm there is nothing we do which erm requires universities to erm to do anything other than they would have wanted to anyway . |
| 17 | There is nothing he wants to use the quintet for . |
| 18 | Franca said to the doctor , ‘ Dr Hensman , perhaps you could explain to Professor Vallar that there is nothing he can do . |
| 19 | There is nothing he can tell you beyond what I already have — that as far as we are concerned my mother has been dead for more than twenty years . ’ |
| 20 | He is one of the finest hairdressers we have and there is nothing he ca n't do with hair ; whether it 's chignons for Princess Alexandra , wigs for Cher of shoots for vogue . |
| 21 | There is nothing he can say that mends this , my ghost status , switched at dinnertime to the land of the living : the sexual , a consort . |
| 22 | The doctor says there is nothing he can do . |
| 23 | There is nothing he can do . |
| 24 | Normally , if an owner is refused permission to develop his land , or if onerous conditions are laid down , there is nothing he can do about it except , of course , appeal to the secretary of state . |
| 25 | One royal source says : ‘ There is nothing she would like more than to be given away by Peter with Zara acting as a bridesmaid . ’ |
| 26 | Ann is afraid ; she just wants to get away , there is nothing she can do . |
| 27 | There is nothing she enjoys more than to talk on her favourite subject . |
| 28 | There is nothing you can tell me about solicitors and the ways of the law with regard to legacies , Isabel . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , sir , I fear there is nothing you can do except what is done already , which is to keep Mrs Browning calm and quiet and endeavour to feed her nourishing food to give her back some strength . ’ |
| 30 | There is nothing you can do to change what has gone before and you will only cause yourself misery in the present if you concentrate on the gloomier aspects of the past . |