Example sentences of "she [vb past] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | She heard nothing but the endless whine over the wire . |
2 | And Clara , who could see no elegant way of enlarging this tantalizing scrap of information , had to make do with it — she dared not ask any further , for she knew nothing about the Labour Party , nor about the elder Ash 's political views , nor about A. J. Warbley himself , beyond the fact that his name was written up in black Gothic letters over his son 's shop door . |
3 | She knew nothing about the particular thing . |
4 | She knew nothing of the real woman behind it . |
5 | She saw nothing of the pale green clusters of new leaves adorning the elm trees , nor did she see the arum lilies glowing with white purity beneath them . |
6 | With him , she felt none of the seething intoxication of love or lust or whatever it was which called her to Cameron . |
7 | Lucy herself said she remembered nothing of the dreadful cockchafer affair . |
8 | In fact , she liked everything about the dismal house with its strange air of disuse . |
9 | In Venice she had nothing beyond the one case except for learning Italian , teaching English , sightseeing and trying to be patient with , and understand , her increasingly morose husband . |
10 | Not seeing Jane , however , was no cause for regret ; she had none of the kindly qualities of her husband . |
11 | She and Susan had rooms adjoining , so she had none of the creepy feelings one often gets in a strange house . |
12 | Tension had given her a dull , thumping headache so that she absorbed nothing except the first entry on the list . |