Example sentences of "and [vb past] nothing [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shot people in the back and expected nothing less for himself . |
| 2 | ‘ I examined the two bottles for prints and found nothing identifiable on the hydrochloride , but on the nux vomica bottle there were fresh prints of the deceased 's left hand and on the stopper good prints of the forefinger and thumb of his right hand . |
| 3 | Peter Yeo opened his mouth to speak , and found nothing useful to say . |
| 4 | He went into the whole ritual and found nothing open to the charge that it encouraged superstition . |
| 5 | He opened cupboards and drawers , and found nothing suspicious . |
| 6 | Of course , I had opened it and found nothing more than a piece of costly silk , blood-red and fringed at each end . |
| 7 | She had been an imbecile and deserved nothing more kind . |
| 8 | I could not forget the footprint , but I saw and heard nothing more , and slowly I began to feel happier . |
| 9 | There was sex , of course , but although both of them were extremely interested in sex , and enjoyed nothing better than discussing it , neither of them , if the truth be told , was quite so interested in actually having it , or at any rate in having it very frequently . |
| 10 | I had always been keen on hillwalking and loved nothing more than escaping to the peace of the hills with my three oldest and closest friends . |
| 11 | Wycliffe resigned himself to lying awake for the rest of the night but , in fact , he fell asleep and knew nothing more until he was awakened to broad daylight and seagulls squawking outside his window . |
| 12 | He knew everyone worth knowing and liked nothing better than to make connections . |
| 13 | The son of APHRODITE and ARES , this mischievous god was married to the beautiful mortal maid psyche , and liked nothing better than to meddle in human affairs . |
| 14 | Like all members of the aristocracy he was addicted to hunting and liked nothing better than to be in the saddle and away before the crack of dawn . |
| 15 | But he respected her modesty and did nothing more . |
| 16 | The fact that the elderly parents acted reasonably and did nothing wrong and yet entered into an agreement , the ramifications of which they did not appreciate , did not affect the creditor so as to afford equitable relief to the parents . |
| 17 | Irritated with herself for reminding him , Julia turned back to face the front and said nothing more until Bill had dropped them outside a big yellow house on the edge of Fiesole . |
| 18 | They were no threat to him ; they were far away , and he was in tree-shade , and had nothing bright about him to catch the light . |