Example sentences of "had do nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every case if we had done nothing instead of doing something the consequences would have been equally disastrous . |
| 2 | What would happen to these two women who had done nothing to deserve her evil body and heart between them , what would happen to them when she was dead ? |
| 3 | The prayers had done nothing to dispel the sense of night and stirring trees outside , the splattering of rain on the glass . |
| 4 | Charles constantly felt he had done nothing to earn it ; there was no feeling of satisfaction in a job well done . |
| 5 | They had endured an embarrassing fund-raising dinner , for which rich Americans had paid 5,000 dollars a ticket , only to discover on their return that the Confederation of British Industry had done nothing to follow it up with any kind of sales drive . |
| 6 | They insisted that the massacre was China 's internal affair , that China had done nothing to harm the United States ' interests , and that it was up to the US to take the initiative in repairing relations . |
| 7 | Which reminded her that they had done nothing at all about the shooting . |
| 8 | Which even on her own account of things , this woman had done nothing whatever to avert . |
| 9 | But to allow herself to be dictated to in this way when she knew she had done nothing wrong was tantamount to admitting guilt . |
| 10 | The exertion and fresh air had done nothing to ease the pain Kelly felt in her head , the weakness in her muscles . |
| 11 | After a while Bambi and Nell returned alone , and Bambi with an unexcited word of gratitude to Nell walked a few paces forward and stopped beside her son , who had done nothing to comfort or help his sister and was now sitting alone . |
| 12 | He looked at his watch , suddenly remembering his mother would be home and he had done nothing about supper . |
| 13 | But his party had done nothing substantial to prepare for serious post-election negotiations . |
| 14 | Wordsworth 's first publications , An Evening Walk and Descriptive Sketches , appeared in 1793 ; the aim was to bring his name before the public as he felt he had done nothing at university — and , of course , the faint hope of making money . |
| 15 | I mean , I do n't want any players thinking IMG had done nothing for them . |
| 16 | The courts ' attitude did not depend on endowing the husband in such cases with the role of agent for the lender , but they demonstrated an equitable intervention in favour of married women where the lender knew of the husband/wife relationship , had done nothing to ensure that the wife understood the transaction , and she had received no independent advice . |
| 17 | Back in Britain , the Norwegian government exiled there felt this raid had done nothing to ease Norway 's plight ; a problem for any raiders attacking an ally 's occupied shore . |
| 18 | We were sure we had done nothing wrong . ’ |
| 19 | I was absolutely devastated because we thought we had done nothing wrong . |
| 20 | He would become irate and irrational , shouting at Caroline and me and from time to time even at the nurses , who were patient and sweet and had done nothing to deserve it . |
| 21 | She was behind with the rent , the timber merchant had given her notice , but she had done nothing about it — what could she do ? |
| 22 | Why should she be the victim when she had done nothing wrong ? |
| 23 | Why did everyone want to put her in the wrong when she had done nothing to deserve it ? |
| 24 | However , Mr Girling admitted that he was disappointed the Chancellor had done nothing to reduce inheritance tax on residential property . |
| 25 | He still insisted he had done nothing to be ashamed of and said he had been cleared of wrongdoing by his ‘ constant friend ’ Mr Major . |
| 26 | He said hundreds of thousands of jobs and lives had been destroyed while the Premier had done nothing but watch it happen . |
| 27 | ‘ I pointed out to the ref that the boy had done nothing to warrant a caution at that stage . |
| 28 | I had done nothing . |
| 29 | But so far Sergeant Juron had done nothing except walk the Emperor along , swaying , in their wake . |
| 30 | It had done nothing but distract everybody . |