Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] nothing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I began to think that I was in an isolation hospital , until I realised that nothing at all happens after six o ‘ clock until breakfast next morning — not even a hot drink except in emergencies . |
| 2 | The Upper School also had its own head — the former deputy head of the Grammar School , who by his quality and determination guaranteed that nothing of value was lost in this elaborate and dangerous transition . |
| 3 | But she was emphatically not sorry for anything she 'd said , and she decided that nothing in the world would make her say she was . |
| 4 | They both knew that nothing between them was diminished , their affection could stand the disappointment of their hoped-for treat . |
| 5 | The judges who decided McLoughlin worried about the most accurate description of the principles underlying the precedent cases cited to them , although they knew that nothing in the explicit extension of any convention settled what these principles were or what weight they should be given . |
| 6 | Snodgrass , who had studied more sketches and impressions of the lost castles and palaces of Earth than he could remember , said he thought that nothing like Tara had ever existed anywhere in any world . |
| 7 | Howbeit all these things appeared as nothing to Rodrigo when he thought of the wrong done to his father , the first which had ever been offered to the blood of Layn Calvo . |
| 8 | She said that nothing of the sort would ever happen in her country , that the British are quite civilized , thank you , and that they make the rest of the world seem simply barbaric . |
| 9 | Amnesty International , in a report last December , said that nothing at home had changed ‘ to alleviate gross violations of human rights ’ . |
| 10 | The Divisional Court concluded that nothing in that statement of facts constituted a threat , and the conviction was quashed . |