Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [conj] [vb past] nothing " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	‘ I should have paid it , but I forgot and heard nothing for ages .
2	I could not forget the footprint , but I saw and heard nothing more , and slowly I began to feel happier .
3	I looked and saw nothing remotely fragile there .
4	Again I listened but said nothing .
5	On my first visit , I sat and said nothing : all my conversation was stilled to triviality and I listened to Belle telling stories .
6	She concentrated but felt nothing .
7	But when she heard or saw nothing more , she dropped the net drape back into place , to disappear once more into the darkness of her house .
8	‘ You saw or heard nothing unusual ? ’
9	He recognised how she felt and did nothing to encourage it .
10	Thinking that was a dig at female priorities , she smiled but said nothing as they chugged slowly to a small jetty .
11	‘ Oh , but , of course … ’ began Cassie , and then following the direction of Ben 's gaze , she faltered and said nothing .
12	In the next three hours they heard and saw nothing ashore before setting up the signal light and infrared beam at 0015 that Sunday morning : an hour or so later the first craft — carrying the Rangers — came past , some 10 minutes late .
13	But when we got out they stared and said nothing , and I followed the pilot up the lane they made .
14	They 'd had a skinful so were n't in a particularly noticing mood but they saw and heard nothing , nothing except what they described as a kind of mournful whistling coming from deep in the wood . ’
15	‘ They saw and heard nothing ; their room is to the back . ’
16	He paced and said nothing .
17	He grunted and said nothing else , going back to his plate of food , apparently satisfied if not pleased .
18	She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection .

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