Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] nothing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hast thee consulted Miller — the last being new , he may know nothing of . |
| 2 | He 'll sacrifice nothing at the expense of quality , knowing that the customer will sacrifice him instantly if the quality of his goods or services is poor . |
| 3 | ‘ Sir Edmund does not believe me , yet he 'll find nothing in this abbey or elsewhere . ’ |
| 4 | And he said that I had perceived correctly , that he might do nothing without my goodwill which he would strive to gain , if I would allow it . |
| 5 | He could tell nothing from their faces ; they could have been made of stone . |
| 6 | Ewan felt he could do nothing about this situation , and there was no use worrying about it . |
| 7 | But even he could do nothing about a shot from Bishop which flashed past a group of players from the edge of the area but went the wrong side of the post and a header by Martin seconds from time which was cleared off the line . |
| 8 | He swore it all happened so quickly , he could do nothing about it . |
| 9 | The Bristol University graduate , the third-choice keeper until last night , did not put a hand , or foot , wrong and he could do nothing about the Spartak goals . |
| 10 | The vacant abbacies remained vacant , and he could do nothing about them . |
| 11 | The fact that he could do nothing about it made Burun 's enjoyment of the situation all the sweeter . |
| 12 | That 's right and there 's nothing he could do nothing about |
| 13 | He could feel nothing at all below the hook 's point of entry . |
| 14 | The name came from out of his dreams , but he could make nothing of it . |
| 15 | He could make nothing of them . |
| 16 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 17 | He could afford nothing for tobacco : |
| 18 | When the visitor had left an hour later he could remember nothing of the rest — hence the uncompleted lines of verse with which we are left . |
| 19 | Paton told the court he could remember nothing of the crash and claimed he had lain unconscious in hospital for five days afterwards . |
| 20 | Thinking back Rostov realised that he could remember nothing after the moment when he had operated the lock control and the door had hissed aside . |
| 21 | The prime minister , Harold Macmillan , took refuge behind the usual claim that he could say nothing for fear of damaging national security . |
| 22 | In the last four days of his life , he could take nothing but whisky , administered to him by Warnie . |
| 23 | Despite his most terrible threats , he could extract nothing about what went on during those eight days . " |
| 24 | To the right , as he walked down it , he could see nothing but the trees of his own orchard and , beyond them , the decorative ridge of a thatched roof , crowned with a squat brick chimney . |
| 25 | But , although Robert strained his eyes against the glass , he could see nothing but impenetrable blackness beyond the hectic yellows and reds cast by the candles . |
| 26 | He could see nothing above him , but knew that they were up there . |
| 27 | Rostov peered past the screen at the porthole , but he could see nothing of the surface of the planet . |
| 28 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 29 | The causeway commanded a view of all this region of the moor , but once he had jumped down and was in the shallow bowl of Goughdale , he could see nothing except the remains of surface workings and the louring slopes of Big Allen . |
| 30 | He could see nothing in the west . |