Example sentences of "[indef pn] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathleen evidently ran things around here and nothing could be done without her say-so . |
| 2 | It was her age she supposed , and nothing could be done about it . |
| 3 | Oh yes yes we were told that nothing could be done about it . |
| 4 | She had sensed her sister 's disappointment but realised that nothing could be done about it . |
| 5 | Although nothing could be seen of him but a silhouette Stephen was sure the man was looking at him , staring insolently at this approaching form across the intervening , pallid , tundra-like land . |
| 6 | To make things still worse , he added that it would in any case be quite useless for them to make plans without the king 's approval , for nothing could be achieved without his collaboration . |
| 7 | During his travels , Mithra was thought to see all — nothing could be concealed from his gaze . |
| 8 | He and his son John protested their innocence to a Parliamentary committee , and nothing could be proved against them . |
| 9 | It 's easy to look at these young hooligans on the street , as they are perceived by so many , without understanding why they are like it , and I think it would help everyone to understand , and maybe we could have some action to work towards supplying the need for these youngsters , because I belief if something could be done for them when they 're sixteen and just starting out on this erm sort of sub-culture life that they get into so quickly , if people could give them maximum help at this stage then they could grow into being responsible erm satisfied adults . |
| 10 | Always , she came back to that , with some relief : everything could be explained by her yearning for her other child , the root of all her discontent . |
| 11 | The inhabitants were on the upper floors calling for help but , before anything could be done for them , the houses disintegrated and the people were all lost in the flood . |
| 12 | One of the things I was asked to write about this week I think was a radio , to , to write about er what I felt about radios , you know , er , erm , so anything could be thrown at you , and obviously I have my areas that I particularly interested in and I think sometimes I get a bit complacement and I 'm writing about a , I find particularly interested in and a bit lazy , so its quite good to be stretched . |