Example sentences of "[noun] he could [verb] nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 2 | Paton told the court he could remember nothing of the crash and claimed he had lain unconscious in hospital for five days afterwards . |
| 3 | From Lily 's back he could tell nothing . |
| 4 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 5 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |