Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's just nasty about everyone but you 're nasty about people you like just to suck up to him ! |
| 2 | Under centuries of Ottoman rule , throughout the Balkans , the individual had counted for nothing unless he had connections , ‘ family ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ You shall want for nothing while you are with me . |
| 4 | It was not for nothing that he was chosen as Mr Squeaky Clean after the sexual and financial aberrations of his two predecessors . |
| 5 | It 's not for nothing that he has earned his reputation as Scotland 's most effective ‘ company doctor ’ . |
| 6 | It was not for nothing that he paid house insurance . |
| 7 | ‘ It is n't for nothing that he was called the most dangerous man in the galaxy . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I offered to coach them for nothing but they said they did n't want me , ’ he added . |
| 9 | What we think as , as Frank said erm , our policy is to accrue erm , income , which we think we 'll get in cash terms the following year , ie , we 're not gon na accrue it as soon as B Sky B expenses it , which is one end of the spectrum of erm , imprudence you could say or , and the other end , extreme prudence is to account for nothing until it 's cleared er , in the bank balance . |
| 10 | As one famous sportsman put it , ‘ Agree to do something for nothing and they 'll tell you where the bus stop is ; ask to be paid and they 'll send the limo . ’ |
| 11 | We had to change the lock on their door , and the bloody lock cost thirty seven quid and each key cost five quid to cut , so we 're giving them fifty seven quids worth of security for nothing and they complain because I 'm not out by twelve o'clock . |
| 12 | God , if this is all for nothing and we 're going to die anyway ! |
| 13 | He said it was n't long and that she worried for nothing and I changed the subject . |
| 14 | I was happy that I was having my own baby but sometimes I used to cry for nothing and I was easily upset . |
| 15 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 16 | You could probably get the drummer , bassist and guitarist and their gear all in the back of a Mini , which counts for nothing when you get to the gig and turn it up , of course . |
| 17 | ( Why be beaten up for nothing when you can be beaten up for being a smart-arse ? ) |
| 18 | Praps they were just getting a little fed up of Wilko selling players for nothing when he decided he did nt want them any more ? |
| 19 | IT was widely assumed that Sir Lawrie Barratt was working for nothing when he re-took the reins of his housebuilding empire last summer . |
| 20 | It was cheaper than the cinema , only a few pennies , and young people could sometimes get in for nothing if they attached themselves to an adult . |
| 21 | He had offered to tell her fortune for nothing if she went there with him . |
| 22 | ‘ You could have got the information for nothing if you had been a little more persuasive , a little more patient . |
| 23 | When do they all come here for nothing if you get a spare trade as well with that except . |
| 24 | He 's very good and he 'll probably do it for nothing if he can get a couple of hours off . ’ |
| 25 | All her discoveries seemed to count for nothing if he did n't care . |
| 26 | The landlord said that we could have the hall on Sunday evenings to run the club , and we could have it for nothing as he would make his money on increased bar sales . |
| 27 | The word Mizpah is Hebrew and means ‘ The Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one another ’ ( Genesis 31 , Verse 49 ) . |
| 28 | Please , she thought , let someone sit between me and him , let someone sit next to me . |
| 29 | I left about three feet of bench between me and him . |
| 30 | The message was between me and him . |