Example sentences of "but [pron] be nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was cast opposite him but I was nothing like the draw he was and we had had a dodgy time on tour . |
| 2 | We think back to the antihero of Notes from Underground lamenting that he ca n't even call himself a lazy man , and we think sideways to Svidrigailov : ‘ Believe me , if only I were something ; a landowner , say , or a father , a cavalry officer , a photographer , a journalist say — but I 'm nothing , I 've no speciality . ’ |
| 3 | fifty or sixty pound worth of that but which was nothing . |
| 4 | ‘ But you 're nothing like Liza . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're a fool , I thought differently of you , but you 're nothing but a fool , a lovesick fool , like every other idiot girl I 've known . |
| 6 | But she 's nothing like her character in real-life . |
| 7 | I know but she was nothing to with the tapes it was |
| 8 | We could never understand why were being compared to Nirvana — OK , there 's three of us — but we 're nothing like Nirvana . ’ |
| 9 | It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing . |
| 10 | The Maronite leader , General Michel Aoun , wants the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Lebanon , but there is nothing new in such an idea . |
| 11 | But there is nothing to support the theory that the crew made up the story , and no apparent motive for them to do so . |
| 12 | But there is nothing homely about the general effect . |
| 13 | It is the moment that Shaw called , perilously , ‘ heartbreak ’ , but there is nothing sentimental about the pauses when the chattering stops . |
| 14 | There are bubbling pools and mud that goes gloop but there is nothing to compare with Krísuvík or Hveragerđ3i . |
| 15 | But there is nothing new about takeovers , as such . |
| 16 | If the objects of the society are not charitable , the rule against perpetuities ( see p. 42 ) , from which charities , provided that they are to begin within the perpetuity period , are exempt , will make void any gift of property by way of permanent endowment , whether made by will or otherwise ; but there is nothing to prevent gifts or bequests from being made to a non-charitable society in such terms that it can , at any time , dispose of the capital at its pleasure . |
| 17 | A pledge carries with it a power of sale , but there is nothing corresponding to foreclosure . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , I am sorry for it but there is nothing I can do . |
| 19 | If they do then I 'm sorry , but there is nothing vile or nasty about what we did . |
| 20 | They may be former bankers or miners , students , nurses or printers but there is nothing in their previous experience that is much help in running your own show . |
| 21 | Those statements may be true or false , but there is nothing in their form to exclude them at the outset from consideration . |
| 22 | But there is nothing here which speaks for neutrality . |
| 23 | ‘ There was an Arab village here but there is nothing left now , you know . |
| 24 | Such people are often branded as ‘ NIMBYs ’ ( Not In My Back Yard ) , but there is nothing wrong with seeking to safeguard the beauty of the place you live in . |
| 25 | Pigs which are kept in a fairly barren environment , except for the presence of other pigs , want to chew things , they want to root , but there is nothing to chew on or root so they chew on the tails of other pigs . |
| 26 | But there is nothing morbid about the death . |
| 27 | but there is nothing to stop them |
| 28 | But there is nothing logical to prevent them finding it in Eastern religions or in hill-walking . |
| 29 | But there is nothing to disappoint the collector here : this is a notable issue , and I look forward to hearing Zimmermann in the Beethoven ; on this showing , he could give a splendid account of it . |
| 30 | Experimental work has been done on other human joints but there is nothing which tells us about , for example , the impedance of the wrist . |