Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] be nothing " in BNC.

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1 We do what we 're told or we 're nothing .
2 ‘ I 'm either very naive or there is nothing to take exception to at all . ’
3 The two usual options are either a big block , like on the back of a Strat , which is really hard to deal with , or there 's nothing , because they 've sanded it all away .
4 Indeed it was this failure which led ultimately to her rejection by the Conservative party which , remembering Disraeli 's warning that ‘ the Conservative party is a national party , or it is nothing ’ , was alarmed by the hostility she aroused in half the nation .
5 The notion of freedom may permit of degrees therefore ; whereas right is a right or it is nothing .
6 It is a people business or it is nothing .
7 From now on ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was Welsh or it was nothing .
8 Externally conformist and controlled , her journal functions as the confidant she never had : ‘ My head feels empty and I am nothing particular .
9 Alan Strachan , Geraldine , Denis , Michael and I were nothing short of ecstatic to be together again , at the slightly larger Vaudeville Theatre .
10 You and I were nothing .
11 I felt — it was as if I suddenly knew I was going to die and I was nothing , just sand and dust blowing away . ’
12 And you 're nothing like him at all . ’
13 They look great , they rock out occasionally and she 's nothing short of captivating .
14 I 'm four , and she 's nothing . ’
15 These crags are already equipped , and there 's nothing you can do about it except enjoy the security .
16 This is n't another beautifully executed US import — it 's a slab of classic British hokum , and there 's nothing LA Gear can do about it .
17 You know , you 're standing there and you get , ‘ What 're you doin' on the tube , I thought you ‘ ad loadsamoney , hur , hur. ’ and there 's nothing you can do . ’
18 Even if you were five behind with five to go with Seve , he still thought he could win , and there 's nothing pumps a caddie up more than a guy who thinks like that .
19 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 .
20 ‘ We do n't want to be obstructive , Miss Lenham , we want to help the press all we can , and there 's nothing secret in what we do here , nothing whatever .
21 The kind of people who 'll order a guitar like this Manson will argue in reply that : ( a ) a production guitar will never have a handmade guitar 's combination of all the right bits with that extra edge of quality ; ( b ) it 's obviously better to go for a traditional design than some mutant battle-axe because you 're less likely to get sick of it and they 're a lot easier to customise further and there 's nothing better at fitting into virtually any style of music than an S-type or a T-type ; and ( c ) it 's their money , anyway .
22 And there 's nothing wrong with pop music .
23 I 'm putting my faith in these appeal judges and there 's nothing I can do to alter their verdict .
24 And there 's nothing better to stimulate the mind and develop creativity than this brightly coloured Wooden Railway from Brio .
25 ‘ It 's just the same faces and there 's nothing behind those faces .
26 And up to this point I have n't suffered , and there 's nothing more I can really say . ’
27 And there 's nothing else ?
28 And there 's nothing the county can say about it .
29 Get me out of this , and there 's nothing I wo n't do for you .
30 From the way he writes , and there 's nothing offensive about it mind you , nothing that I should n't be ashamed to show my aunt …
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