Example sentences of "nothing could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They tied down the oars , too , so that nothing could move them . |
| 2 | Nothing could move her and when Glyn came back later for dinner , armed with further arguments , he realised she was completely adamant . |
| 3 | as if nothing could beat you once you 'd made up your mind . ’ |
| 4 | Nothing could molest them . |
| 5 | Nothing could daunt me and I talked to everyone with the same message : ‘ Cancer was absolutely great because it put you in touch with yourself and the world . ’ |
| 6 | When in her twenties , nothing could stop her and she was proud to remember marriages faltering and once even , Astrid 's , biting the dust . |
| 7 | By two forty-five her confidence was complete ; nothing could stop her now . |
| 8 | ‘ Nothing could stop her . |
| 9 | When she was alone , Emily allowed herself a smile of satisfaction , nothing could stop her now , she was on her way up and all thanks to her own ingenuity . |
| 10 | But nothing could stop her from breathlessly anticipating the next light , accidental caress . |
| 11 | Like a woman inspired , she was dashing off design after design , as though nothing could stop her . |
| 12 | Nothing could stop her now . |
| 13 | I reassured myself that nothing could stop me keeping in touch with the women on a voluntary basis , provided they wished to remain friends . |
| 14 | It seemed nothing could stop him , but there was still that chance of losing it to be overcome , and sure enough it came . |
| 15 | But nothing could stop him now . |
| 16 | Just the same , Wyss found himself sliding , and sensed the others sliding back too , and nothing could stop them . |
| 17 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |
| 18 | But Phoenician traders were notorious for their shady dealings around the Mediterranean and if there was a precious commodity for which they could find a ready market , nothing could stop them . |
| 19 | Nothing could stop them now . |
| 20 | Art school , university , we were going out of Yorkshire and nothing could stop us . |
| 21 | The lengthening day that pushes back your train Of clinging shadow , but keeps you here , has woken The seeds from the sleep they fell to when you went Down with them to darkness , the dread time When nothing could reach you , when you were hid away , And I retreated , sorrowing , hidden also ; And seed cast in the barren furrow rotted And trees withered and died ; and in the womb Of many a beast the embryo miscarried And then no germination ; and the earth sickened When in the womb of darkness you were stifled . |
| 22 | Nothing could wake her up when she 's had a couple of them . |
| 23 | If his luck held , nothing could prevent him using it . |
| 24 | She cleaned up the room , did not even hear his curses , and thought how nothing could affect her any longer . |
| 25 | I should have known nothing could break them . ’ |
| 26 | Nothing could give us more pleasure than the sharing of a discovery in art and the process of seeing it transformed by my adjoining restoration studio and framing workshop into its full beauty . |
| 27 | " You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down . |
| 28 | Nothing could upset her here . |
| 29 | I said , ‘ I do n't know , he has a title , I 'd be a lady , ’ and she said : ‘ Darling , nothing could make you a lady . ’ |
| 30 | Nothing could touch them now . |