Example sentences of "of [indef pn] else [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie could think of nothing else to say . |
| 2 | She could think of nothing else to say . |
| 3 | A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do . |
| 4 | Nor is it simply looking at them with no further end in mind , which might be the listless action of someone who can think of nothing else to do . |
| 5 | Evidence suggests it is generally best to tell early ( even while the adoptee is still a baby ) so the child grows up with the knowledge ; it also removes the risk of someone else telling the child . |
| 6 | There is undeniably some truth in that but , when you look in any detail at Montgomerie 's so-called failures since he won the Scandinavian Masters in 1991 , it has more often than not been less a question of his losing the tournament than of someone else winning it . |
| 7 | Det Chief Insp Dave Sinclair said that although they could not rule out the possibility of someone else having fired the machine , the incident was now being treated as an accident . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't think I could face the idea of someone else having the job , ’ she laughs , ‘ but it was also a great opportunity for me . ’ |
| 9 | The Doctor let out a long slow breath , and considered his options , since even if he succeeded in stopping Mait , there was always the risk of someone else finding this place the next time the stars were in the correct alignment . |
| 10 | But stock checking is a boring job , and the booksellers can see the benefits of someone else doing it . |
| 11 | I think we 're actually getting in each other 's way for the right reasons rather than the wrong reasons , like just said and it 's not a question of somebody else trampling on others er cos I 've heard this sporadically for some time . |
| 12 | Since she hardly ever drank , she 'd probably have a hangover to contend with on top of everything else come morning , but frankly it would be a relief to have something else to think about other than Adam . |
| 13 | Now we can begin on the first phrase — the most important of the whole theme , for the success of everything else depends upon it . |
| 14 | She must think of something else to do . |
| 15 | George took his for want of something else to do . |
| 16 | He , Ratagan and Isay were wandering the fortress and taking in the holiday atmosphere for want of something else to do before the feast began . |
| 17 | She snapped the seat belt into position and stared out through the window as if in search of something else to organize . |
| 18 | Rostov tried to think of something else to say , but suddenly it was as if his brain had dried up . |
| 19 | Now , Kirov had moved into a secondary stage , manipulating every conversation so that apparently casual words left just the subtlest hint of something else unsaid , yet implicitly suggested . |
| 20 | I do n't like the thought of anybody else come to babysit though personally . |
| 21 | Yeah , that 's why a , that 's all it is you see , , there 's no mention of any advice you or whatever , she said she , just do n't see any point of anybody else buying cheaper , somebody hit the the thing in the middle of the island there , smashed all the glass one of these things there 's all got smashed , |
| 22 | And we 're not aware of anyone else getting them . |
| 23 | That way Eleanor would be kept at bay and , after all , the chance of anyone else looking him up was extremely remote . |
| 24 | But the thought of anyone else knowing her intimately produced a wave of incredible jealousy . |
| 25 | However , the charge is often returned by environmentalists who note how much farmers pride themselves on being ‘ stewards ’ of the English countryside for the benefit of future generations and for the nation at large , but then deny the right of anyone else to have a say in how it should be maintained for them . |
| 26 | Since even Mr Kinnock does not know the secret of what he really thinks , what chance is there of anyone else finding it out ? |
| 27 | take over and conduct in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , the defence or settlement of any claim |
| 28 | take proceedings at its own expense and for its own benefit , but in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , to recover any payment it has made under this policy |
| 29 | take over and conduct in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , the defence or settlement of any claim |
| 30 | take proceedings at its own expense and for its own benefit , but in your name , or in the name of anyone else insured by this policy , to recover any payment it has made under this policy |