Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] nothing [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had heard something about it once or seen it on a map , but I could remember nothing definite . |
| 2 | I could remember nothing further back than the time I was walking over that miserable plain . |
| 3 | But I could see nothing anomalous , no movement . |
| 4 | Certainly I was asked about this er well before the er E I P er and we agreed that there w Well certainly I agreed that I could see nothing wrong with that since it is a cl closed research project , and nothing will be divulged at all er publicly . |
| 5 | She stayed under the shower until she could feel nothing more . |
| 6 | She had written to her mother giving no address , saying that she had left her husband and was going abroad , that she could do nothing more for her mother and had her own life to live . |
| 7 | She gave no address and said she could do nothing more to help her mother . |
| 8 | She could recall nothing more . |
| 9 | Sitting in the train , with a Sunday paper which I 'd automatically bought lying unopened on my knee , I felt a sense of relief at being away from him , at being surrounded by a lot of impersonal uncaring strangers who could see nothing different about me because they 'd never seen me before last night . |
| 10 | He took her to the airport nurse , who could find nothing wrong with her but agreed that she might be suffering from jet lag and needed only to rest . |
| 11 | Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence . |
| 12 | He could do nothing wrong ! |
| 13 | He could do nothing more until the various reports he 'd asked for came in , and he could n't hope for anything much before late afternoon . |
| 14 | She had thought he could do nothing more to her , but he had . |
| 15 | Benjamin seemed most interested in the charcoal braziers and sifted with his boot amongst the white ashes of the fire but , muttering to himself , claimed he could discover nothing untoward . |
| 16 | He could sense nothing permanent , nothing significant , in their relationship . |
| 17 | He looked around for an implement to use and although his eyes were by now accustomed to the gloom he could see nothing suitable . |
| 18 | Luckily he could find nothing wrong but the disbelief was still in his voice . |
| 19 | I saw how Leon Brittan , the incoming Secretary of State for Trade , was prepared to say he could find nothing wrong with the matter . |
| 20 | Harish then concluded on Dec. 11 that he could find nothing wrong with the settlers ' claims of legal ownership of the properties . |
| 21 | Then he could find nothing more to say at all . |