Example sentences of "nothing [adv] [verb] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sanger duty is particularly boring because there is nothing else to do but look out of the window , and since it is rarely done in pairs social interaction provides no compensation . |
| 2 | What you needed was a Gofer : someone who had nothing else to do but look after you and your team . |
| 3 | Surveyor Chris Easton , who conducted extensive tests on the houses , said : ‘ I think there is nothing else to do but demolish these homes . |
| 4 | So , please do n't assume that teachers have nothing else to do but give lectures and await your arrival in their rooms . |
| 5 | ‘ I ought to , I 've nothing else to do but watch the water and the shipping . |
| 6 | After checking for passports and air travel tickets we had nothing else to do but wait for our taxi . |
| 7 | Against this background of craters and devastated buildings people sit in the sun at cafes open again for a town which has nothing else to do but drink coffee and wait for the future . |
| 8 | Nothing else matters but that . ’ |
| 9 | Happily I did n't have any spots , so there was nothing else required but a final handwash and a clean pair of underpants . |