Example sentences of "nothing [verb] but [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For this reason Contour is offering a free , no obligation trial — you 've nothing to lose but inches . |
| 2 | You 've nothing to lose but feeling sick , shaky and weak — the worst feeling there is . |
| 3 | There was nothing to do but to shut up , Gwendoline was sulking exasperated . |
| 4 | Nothing to do but sit here and wait to be fried . |
| 5 | ‘ Think about it and let us know when you get back — we wo n't pressure you , but I know you 'd have nothing to do but relax and be your wondrous self . ’ |
| 6 | Once he had opened the door , though , there seemed nothing to do but close it again . |
| 7 | For I remember us doing a flipping er a family came to Wyre once and we were on the same old coble we were er doing the flipping and we thought we had nothing to do but take the rope off their heads and push them over the side of the coble onto the side of the small jetty . |
| 8 | She shut her bedroom door , knowing fate had decreed that the book she was reading should be resting in the sitting-room , leaving her with nothing to do but make her bed , sit on it , lie on it , unmake it , jump on it , push it round the floor — there were limits to what you could do with a bed , and it was the only piece of furniture in the room . |
| 9 | Breeze had nothing to do but listen . |
| 10 | The individual being insufficient for the expression of these values , they might be extended in vicarious forms such as footservants who had nothing to do but to display their own superfluity , or pets , which provided surfaces for the further display of luxury . |
| 11 | For a moment there was nothing to do but let the shabby old SE haul him up the last stretch , so Lambert actually relaxed and momentarily enjoyed his peace . |
| 12 | All the pubs shut and nothing to do but go to church . |
| 13 | Closing the door , he said , ‘ There is nothing to do but go immediately to bed . |
| 14 | Nothing to do but go upstairs and sleep ; only the lights in the morning room and she could turn those off without entering , just reach around the door . |
| 15 | There was nothing to do but go back . |
| 16 | Once she 'd stepped on to the platform , there was nothing to do but turn , step , step , turn and nowhere to look but straight ahead . |
| 17 | On moonless nights there was nothing to do but stay in the burrow . |
| 18 | But once the defector has been squeezed dry of all useful information he will end up sitting in a bare office in Dzerzhinsky Square , the KGB headquarters , with nothing to do but sift through material from his country . |
| 19 | And , once the chores were done , there was nothing to do but write . |
| 20 | When you had nothing to do but kill time , it dragged incredibly slowly . |
| 21 | There was nothing to do but wait for their uncle . |
| 22 | With nothing to do but wait , Trent had agreed to act as sail-master on one of Belpan 's sand lighters in the regular Sunday race meeting . |
| 23 | But there was a flat period just after lunch when there seemed nothing to do but wait for the special meeting at half past three . |
| 24 | It must be awful to have it all taken out of one 's hands and have nothing to do but wait — and for what ? |
| 25 | Now , with the property market sluggish , there was nothing to do but wait . |
| 26 | All afternoon there seemed to be nothing to do but wait . |
| 27 | He was back where he 'd started , staring at the wall with nothing to do but wait . |
| 28 | ‘ I was left sitting on my own with nothing to do but concentrate on the screen . |
| 29 | The Indian had nothing to do but obey ; and whoever has formed the habit of passive obedience ends by being no longer able to act for himself and comes to love the yoke that is laid upon him . |
| 30 | It is an irrelevant disappointment that after her delightful scene with Princess Katherine ( Emma Thompson ) , Geraldine McEwan as Alice has nothing to do but adjust a veil or two and look pleased . |