Example sentences of "[was/were] nowhere to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buyers were nowhere to be seen . |
| 2 | These were nowhere to be found . |
| 3 | Willie had looked around for the twins and George , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 4 | She had come the other way to the school , and was parked by the road , now , increasingly fretful that the two boys were nowhere to be seen . |
| 5 | But it is Jonny who is the driving force , the black leather jacket may have gone , the cowboy boots were nowhere to be seen yesterday , but the earring is still in place and so is the intensity which stunned Cambridge two years ago . |
| 6 | The mysterious Twins were nowhere to be seen . |
| 7 | When he finally turned into Brunel Road and stopped to catch his breath the others were nowhere to be seen . |
| 8 | He glanced over his shoulder again , and discovered that the two men were nowhere to be seen — it had been nothing more than his imagination . |
| 9 | The other divers were nowhere to be seen at this time , which made for an extremely dangerous situation in the open ocean . |
| 10 | The Sechem were nowhere to be seen , and Jehan wondered if they knew what was going on . |
| 11 | By the time he arrived , however , the pair were nowhere to be seen . |
| 12 | ‘ I looked for you after the raft procession , but you were nowhere to be seen . ’ |
| 13 | They were nowhere to be seen . |
| 14 | It worked , but I thought he was going to lose his mind when we found de Raimes locked in his solar and you were nowhere to be seen . |
| 15 | But the big processions of previous years were nowhere to be seen — or heard — in our town . |
| 16 | The Bagots were nowhere to be seen . |
| 17 | She peered round for the nuns , but they were nowhere to be seen . |
| 18 | When , on the third morning I looked for Athman to say goodbye to him , he was nowhere to be found and I had to leave without seeing him again . |
| 19 | Gazzer was nowhere to be seen . |
| 20 | Her husband was nowhere to be seen . |
| 21 | Woolridge was nowhere to be seen . |
| 22 | The detective was nowhere to be seen . |
| 23 | When war did come on Bank Holiday Saturday — 4th August — young Kenny was nowhere to be seen , but John was in his same position , shouting loudly to the crowd as usual . |
| 24 | Euclid was nowhere to be seen . |
| 25 | Traditional Irish combativeness was nowhere to be seen as they allowed Robert Jones and his back row to steer Wales out of the doldrums . |
| 26 | I turned to look back once but Mum was nowhere to be seen . |
| 27 | The cyclist was nowhere to be seen . |
| 28 | The passenger was nowhere to be seen . |
| 29 | Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold ! |
| 30 | ‘ The African guide was nowhere to be seen so Slash picked up the guy 's rifle and began firing into the air , trying desperately to scare the elephants away , ’ said another friend of the star . |