Example sentences of "[conj] nobody [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing about smoking , although nobody 's denying it 's bad for you , is the fact is that , it 's overwhelming the core of women who smoke , who also have worst diets , they also tend to have worse stress , it 's used as a very convenient scapegoat . |
| 2 | For example , we have some little children down here that nobody is taking care of . |
| 3 | Even if we can convince ourselves that nobody is getting hurt , even if we are sure we are not cheating , we have a suspicion that it is inappropriate . ’ |
| 4 | Your laughter can be unrestrained only if you believe that nobody is getting hurt . |
| 5 | Will he order an immediate review of those cases with a view to ensuring that nobody is penalised financially purely because of the bravery that they showed and the sacrifice that they were prepared to make for their country ? |
| 6 | He 's a literate man now , a ferociously eager autodidact who got through Proust , Joyce and Stanislavsky in his twenties , who still retreats to his trailer between takes to write poetry that nobody is allowed to see . |
| 7 | Does not the Minister realise that nobody is asking the Government to second-guess ? |
| 8 | So we 've got to the situation then where erm we are making sure that nobody is gon na put us in a position whereby they can cause us problems . |
| 9 | How does one convince BR that nobody is going to pay rail fares to travel by bus ? |
| 10 | They have to keep a logbook but that 's only a check to make sure that nobody 's leaving a mess in the common areas and we only have it because we 've found that some residents can have problems because they 've become deskilled in certain things . |
| 11 | and the best thing is that nobody 's doing it , everybody 's doing cabaret spots along the line jokes and stuff like that , but nobody 's not doing cabaret spots with trumpets |
| 12 | I , I , if nobody 's looking I 'll keep the paper because you can always . |
| 13 | And you know , you know , what 's the point of coming round and giving you a bollocking if nobody 's going to tell you why ? |
| 14 | Erm , it took , it took a week and a half before the fresh foods secretary even spoke to me when I went in this place to do the free appointment , nobody 's told me how I 'm doing , so then what 's the point of doing these things if nobody 's going give you anything , it 's just a waste of time ? |
| 15 | Er , so if nobody 's going down give me a ring and I 'll come and get it . |
| 16 | Cos nobody 's gon na be having a conversation . |
| 17 | oh leave it all cos nobody 's going to know what it 's about |
| 18 | The world does n't owe you anything and nobody is going to tap you on the shoulder and hand you an opportunity . |
| 19 | ‘ The selectors have made their decisions concerning the squad and nobody is going to knock on my door again unless I recapture the form that made me No 1 . |
| 20 | He 's strong out of trouble , and nobody is going to win here without sampling a fair share of that ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Atkinson is best running at them and nobody is doing it better . ’ |
| 22 | and nobody 's getting it and , and the worst war shall why , why me water , gon na waste water |
| 23 | ‘ And nobody 's said anything about getting married . |
| 24 | he put his business , he , he hired the , a unit , bought a unit and put the business in the unit somewhere er away from the house and they bought a house for one hundred and eighty thousand and she says and I 've got a lot of money in the bank now , so , she says I do n't have to work , but the business they want to sell it , and nobody 's buying |
| 25 | Oh , oh , it 's already 10 am and nobody 's posted last night 's result . |
| 26 | I 'm warm and free and there 's lights and people , and nobody 's asking me questions . |
| 27 | ‘ And nobody 's slept in them for fifty years or more ! |
| 28 | When were watching television and nobody 's talking much there 's not much point is that ? |
| 29 | And nobody 's gon na give me nothing for that are they ? |
| 30 | God Almighty ! there 's plenty of it , and nobody 's bothered much with it except here and there . |