Example sentences of "nothing [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hudson Report received a general welcome from interested parties in agricultural education but , like reports on many other areas of further education , nothing happened for a long time . |
| 2 | Nothing happened for a while . |
| 3 | Nothing happened for a moment , and in that moment she started to think that she 'd over-reached herself ; but then Charlie said , ‘ This is n't some charity for runaways , you know , ’ and she knew that she was still within the limits , if only just . |
| 4 | Nothing happened for a moment . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't understand what he meant , and nothing happened for a few weeks , so I did not feel so worried . |
| 6 | An old prairie wolf kept on howling — he 'd had nothing to eat for a week |
| 7 | After writing off an £819,000 investment in an unquoted company , there is nothing left for a dividend for the third year running . |
| 8 | Adams set off an a solo run down the left reminiscent of his days at Leeds , and in the end Southampton 's adventure was rewarded leaving Ipswich with nothing to show for an entertaining afternoon 's work . |