Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] nothing at [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I did n't want to tell her I 'd done nothing at all so I told a sort of white lie — said I was halfway through the first draft .
2 Or possibly she had seen nothing at all , and it was pure fantasy .
3 Which reminded her that they had done nothing at all about the shooting .
4 Unless you offer positive alternatives you do more harm than if you had done nothing at all .
5 They claim that this age is far worse than previous ages , and they go on as though they had learned nothing at all from history — and yet history is the great teacher of life ( magistra vitae ) .
6 It had meant nothing at first , but then he had thought to try it as an entry code to some of the secret Ping Tiao computer networks he had discovered weeks before but had failed to penetrate .
7 Until now it had meant nothing at all , but now she really knew what it meant .
8 For a moment she considered saying nothing at all — after all , he had refused to answer her questions .
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