Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'll sacrifice nothing at the expense of quality , knowing that the customer will sacrifice him instantly if the quality of his goods or services is poor . |
| 2 | The Bristol University graduate , the third-choice keeper until last night , did not put a hand , or foot , wrong and he could do nothing about the Spartak goals . |
| 3 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 4 | When the visitor had left an hour later he could remember nothing of the rest — hence the uncompleted lines of verse with which we are left . |
| 5 | Paton told the court he could remember nothing of the crash and claimed he had lain unconscious in hospital for five days afterwards . |
| 6 | Thinking back Rostov realised that he could remember nothing after the moment when he had operated the lock control and the door had hissed aside . |
| 7 | To the right , as he walked down it , he could see nothing but the trees of his own orchard and , beyond them , the decorative ridge of a thatched roof , crowned with a squat brick chimney . |
| 8 | Rostov peered past the screen at the porthole , but he could see nothing of the surface of the planet . |
| 9 | The causeway commanded a view of all this region of the moor , but once he had jumped down and was in the shallow bowl of Goughdale , he could see nothing except the remains of surface workings and the louring slopes of Big Allen . |
| 10 | He could see nothing in the west . |
| 11 | He could hear nothing except the corner of the tin roof blowing . |
| 12 | At first he could hear nothing but the dripping of rainwater from the trees and the singing of birds deeper in the forest . |
| 13 | Well if he came out on strike with us erm and we won if we won everything we g he 'd gain nothing in the end cos he 's in another section . |
| 14 | One farmer claimed he would do nothing to the buildings until his son had been confirmed in the tenancy . |
| 15 | He would do nothing about the problem , and that is why he is unsuited to hold the office of Home Secretary . |
| 16 | Apparently Alfonso came to visit Richard and agreed to stand surety for his friend 's behaviour , guaranteeing that he would do nothing against the will of the Duke of Aquitaine or his father . |
| 17 | Sherlock Holmes is a very clever detective , but he can do nothing about the weather . |