Example sentences of "nothing [pron] [vb mod] [verb] about [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's nothing I would change about it , ’ he said . |
| 2 | Since there was nothing I could do about what was happening to my body , I decided — not altogether consciously — to ignore it and to interest myself in other , more spiritual matters . |
| 3 | I feel like that the situation in which Carrington was in is what God does and that I 'm part of that situation , and that he was going to die , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 4 | There was nothing I could do about it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ There was nothing I could do about it . |
| 6 | I rang my dealer who told me there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 7 | Dawn 's nervousness while she was attached to my hand lasted for quite a while and there was nothing I could do about it other than reassure her . |
| 8 | I could see he was going to be unhappy about it for a long time , and that there was nothing I could do about it . |
| 9 | ‘ Nothing I could do about it , Jezrael . |
| 10 | However , there was nothing I could do about it , and I simply had to accept the situation . |
| 11 | There was nothing I could do about it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That living is not in Switham 's gift , you see , so there was nothing I could do about it . ’ |
| 13 | ( There was nothing I could do about my khaki shorts except tighten the wizened Dan Dare belt that Brynley had passed on . ) |
| 14 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |
| 15 | My ears are burning in the cold , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 16 | She said : ‘ It 's a dreadful thought , but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 17 | And the worse thing is that now there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 18 | Self-preservation , replies Kate the British Committee librarian feebly , I ca n't afford a breakdown , this is me for the moment , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 19 | Being only 5′ 2½″ tall myself I too feel very strongly about the unfairness of this , but there is absolutely nothing I can do about it except to warn you that in these circumstances you do need to be very accurate in counting calories in order to achieve a good rate of weight loss . |
| 20 | But if somebody decides differently , there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 21 | There 's nothing I can do about it . ’ |
| 22 | " If because of this the kingdom of God is closed to me , there is nothing I can do about it , for I ca n't return these things . |
| 23 | ‘ But there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 24 | ‘ And there 's nothing I can do about it . ’ |
| 25 | But there 's nothing I can do about it , as the two of them , stomping and shouting ‘ Hey ! ’ , run through a repertoire of leaps , kicks and contortions . |
| 26 | Unless I know about it there 's nothing I can do about it is there ? |
| 27 | ‘ But he 's back and he 's working at OBEX and there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 28 | ‘ I know who the kids are but there 's nothing I can do about it . |
| 29 | feel like I 've accepted it , I 've come to terms with it , there 's nothing I can do about it |
| 30 | There 's nothing you can do about it , ’ I can hear some of you thinking . |