Example sentences of "be nothing [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are nothing worth looking at , for they have green hair and green teeth and little pigs ' eyes and long red noses and shod arms more like a flipper than any respectable arm that could do a day 's work . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've seen them — women like that monstrous Gabriela — push their husbands to ingratiate themselves with the Leader 's henchmen here , I 've seen the feasts they 've laid — like traps — very effective traps — those men , they 're nothing but walking bellies with fists-they grab , hit , grab , swallow , hit , the scum , I would n't lower myself to share a table with them . |
| 3 | However , there seemed to be nothing against lending equipment to non-military personnel , and we got most of what was wanted . |
| 4 | It 's nothing but screaming and colossal explosions and everything shaking and you keep thinking the next one is going to hit you , and you pray for it to stop , and it goes on , and on , and on . |
| 5 | Whether it 's one of the top clubs like Liverpool or Leeds or a lesser side like Accrington Stanley or Man United , there 's nothing like cheering on your team and screaming blue murder at the ‘ blind ’ ref . |
| 6 | Catharsis there 's nothing like reflecting in tranquillity to help heal those wounds , and most of them were pretty bruised by the nineteen eighties ' experiences of the recent crop . |
| 7 | There 's nothing like watching your ‘ baby ’ blowing out her birthday candles to make you feel nostalgic about newborns ; those downy heads , the curled fingers , the contented milky sighs … |
| 8 | There 's nothing like sharing the highs ( and lows ) of success to build bonds : a camaraderie develops that 's hard to match , a shorthand — no need to explain fears and feelings , the other person knows already . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's nothing like trudging round a cold church to raise an appetite , Mr Barnett . |
| 10 | We may know these things on an intellectual level , but there 's nothing like having the emotional truth of them brought home on a gut level-none of us are free from some degree of the self-blame that makes so many women feel responsible for their own rape . |
| 11 | There 's nothing like going out there and playing in front of people . |
| 12 | There 's nothing like winning . |
| 13 | We have seen how ‘ the street ’ and ‘ the city ’ played important roles in middle-class demonology , so it is easy to understand why youth workers sought to provide counter-attractions to them , believing as they did that ‘ there is nothing worth doing to be done there ’ . |
| 14 | As you say , this is nothing but fancy dress dancing at the Palais . ’ |
| 15 | Breakfast is nothing like reading a comic . |
| 16 | I gave a good class : there is nothing like teaching well for making one forget oneself and one 's petty troubles . |
| 17 | Marijuana is nothing like taking heroin , smack , whatever , it 's nothing like it ! |
| 18 | There is nothing like having ignorance with the maximum of precision . |
| 19 | THE Prince of Wales brought laughter from international hoteliers by telling them : ‘ There is nothing like having a good pair of Bristols . ’ |
| 20 | There is nothing like sitting out on a trapeze on a windy day , getting completely soaked by each new wave to make you feel cleansed of the city grime . |
| 21 | There is nothing like putting off the chore to send you diving to the cookie jar ! |
| 22 | Intellectual conviction is nothing like feeling at gut level . |
| 23 | ‘ You mean , they 'd know there was nothing worth stealing ? ’ said Alan . |
| 24 | There was nothing worth watching on television , so he went back into the kitchen . |
| 25 | Fenna had given her freedom and power and joy ; she would not call those things illusions , because without them there was nothing worth having in her life . |
| 26 | Their subsistence was £16 : 5s. : 0d. , but once again there was nothing at settling day indeed , a debt of £2 : 5s. : 4d. was carried on . |