Example sentences of "[vb base] nothing of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Names mean nothing of course , but Malamute was on file for iris , finger and dental prints .
2 So that we have , I mean nothing of design or anything just short information because I think it 's so
3 I say nothing of course .
4 A sequence of six lines with the same rhyme are given to Dame Sirith as , initially , she professes her conventional goodness and innocence to Wilekin : ( " I am a holy woman ; I know nothing of witchcraft but with almsgiving to good men I sustain my life each day , and offer my paternoster and my creed that God should help those in their need who help me my life to lead and should grant that all should go well with them … )
5 If he has a regret , it is that the majority of young footballers today know nothing of life outside football .
6 A statement at the funeral yesterday read : ‘ We know nothing of Ian 's business dealings .
7 You know nothing of Herr Goering , only what you are fed by propaganda .
8 You know nothing of women if that is what you believe , my dear .
9 ‘ I know nothing of ships , ’ he said , ‘ but it seems to me that the vessel that will carry a company of men , and their st'lyan , will be large indeed . ’
10 To know God and yet nothing of our own wretched state breeds pride ; to realize our misery and know nothing of God is mere despair ; but if we come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ we find our true equilibrium , for there we find both human misery and God .
11 For a period of two years from the summer of 1179 to the summer of 1181 we know nothing of Richard 's movements .
12 I know nothing of orchestration , but I have two ears ( which is two more than the professional critics seem to have ) …
13 ‘ We know nothing of Australia as yet except that it is the land of convicts and kangaroos , & this after 50 years of possession !
14 Warriors now know nothing of war and cattle raiding .
15 You know nothing of war , it has never touched you .
16 The flapping of their wings and the strange cries they make would indeed have been eerie for those who Mew nothing of bird migration .
17 But then again you see they go out they think nothing of spending forty quid up there at the place on Friday night , Saturday night
18 They have been in the middle of war and think nothing of hearing shooting all round them .
19 This makes us feel very feeble , as we have friends of our age who think nothing of motoring from here to Lowestoft in the day — but such feats are not for us , though we flatter ourselves that in most respects we are in pretty good nick .
20 If today I confirm Newton 's theory by dropping a stone to the ground , I contribute nothing of value to science .
21 It is , of course , a good thing that Extreme dislike war and racism , print addresses for Greenpeace and Amnesty on the sleeve and so forth , but they have nothing of interest to say on the topics ( Nuno wishes that ‘ we were all colourblind , so we could live together peacefully ’ , which is bad news for traffic light designers ) and blow up their tiny philosophical points and questions to elephant size , but in the end , orchestras , big productions and songs in three parts can not disguise lame tunes and lack of anything to say .
22 She was nameless ; they called her Fox , for her sandy hair and brows , for the sharply blue eyes that seemed to rake through you and see nothing of interest .
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