Example sentences of "[indef pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one belongs to the physical elite for long . |
| 2 | I have nothing to lose except self-respect and honey , that went months ago . |
| 3 | Monogamy did not , however , simultaneously restrict the sexual freedom of the men , in spite of a pretence otherwise , since men had nothing to lose through philandering . |
| 4 | Having survived a British pre-qualifying event last week for a wild card place in this week 's draw , Ahl said she felt she had nothing to lose against a player who is about 200 places higher in the world rankings . |
| 5 | I do n't advocate this as a standard pressing technique , but if a flower or piece of foliage is already damaged you will have nothing to lose in trying to iron it . |
| 6 | If you are not sure whether you will be entitled to benefit , remember that you have nothing to lose by applying . |
| 7 | Vaillancourt , a Canadian now living in California , had nothing to lose by his all-out effort , but would still have been beaten by George Lindemann if Larry , one of his two World Cup horses , had not hit the last fence . |
| 8 | Wainwright had nothing to lose by his insubordination as it was his last game for Leeds : he had enlisted with the Royal Garrison Artillery and left for Dover two days later . |
| 9 | The Citizen 's Advice Bureau , a council welfare rights officer , or a neighbourhood advice centre should be able to advise about your individual circumstances ; but you have nothing to lose by filling in the form . |
| 10 | Not until after the middle of the seventeenth century do we once more find a government clerk making use of verse as an outlet after he has become psychotic , and then , as he writes from the asylum , he has nothing to lose by revealing himself . |
| 11 | You have nothing to lose by taking action in the small claims court . |
| 12 | As a result , I reacted in front of the jury in a way which may have made them think that , in fact , the defence had nothing to lose by disclosure of the statement . |
| 13 | Since they were cut off from the mainstream anyway , both sexually and socially , they had nothing to lose by outrageousness in their clothes ’ . |
| 14 | He had nothing to lose by ostentatious atonement for past sins ; and St Eadwold , whose relics Cerne claimed to possess , was the brother of Edmund of East Anglia . |
| 15 | With relegation fast becoming a foregone conclusion , Hankin has nothing to lose by giving teenagers an outing . |
| 16 | But he 's got nothing to retire to — except the whisky bottle . |
| 17 | So I try and cling to the floor of the cave with my bare toes , but I ca n't because it 's all smooth and there 's nothing to cling to , and sooner or later I 'll start floating upwards and then I 'll bash my head in and get killed . |
| 18 | We have all felt the frustration of dealing with institutions and bureaucracy — receiving the institutional brush off , the failure to generate a spark of interest or concern , knowing that nothing will be done and nothing change in response to your grievance . |
| 19 | ‘ No-one goes into a loose scrum with the intention of inflicting injury on an opponent . |
| 20 | No-one goes to greater lengths to get the perfect fruit for their juice . |
| 21 | ‘ World Day of the Sick ’ is a special time of prayer and sharing , of offering one 's suffering for the good of the Church and of reminding everyone to see in his sick brother or sister the face of Christ who , by suffering , dying and rising , achieved the salvation of mankind . |
| 22 | ‘ Handiman made everyone think about the handicapped person in their family that it 's easy to deny , ’ says Damon , who may have found the character 's roots in his own childhood club foot . |
| 23 | This is an ingenious argument which made everyone think of what the real and guiding principle underlying the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 24 | ‘ I expect everyone to go at least a second faster tomorrow , ’ said Mansell , who set the record in the penultimate lap of the session . |
| 25 | But in the country , low population density compels everyone to go to school together . |
| 26 | Inside , maids in black took coats for tickets , and told everyone to go through the lounge as Mrs Coley was receiving in the pool area . |
| 27 | There seemed no hope now , nothing to go for except a curiously marked pocket which fitted two finger tips . |
| 28 | because there 's nothing to go for . |
| 29 | ROS : But we 've got nothing to go on , we 're out on our own . |
| 30 | ‘ I ai n't got nothing to go with it . |