Example sentences of "they [modal v] [vb infin] nothing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily a team of waiters offered a line of protection , though even they could do nothing about the way he was levelling those dark eyes at her as if with deliberate and enigmatic meaning . |
| 2 | The whirlwind raged at the window … but although they strained to listen , they could hear nothing from the corridor beyond . |
| 3 | A High Court judge said they would earn nothing from the book , if convicted . |
| 4 | And they will achieve nothing over the next 20 years . ’ |
| 5 | We are confident that they will find nothing in the application which is ‘ incompatible with the statutory objective or the general principle of the Act ’ . |
| 6 | It is so high and cold that they can raise nothing but the hardiest kind of vegetables … it is the only fishery the Nez Perce have and they go there from all directions … |