Example sentences of "but we [modal v] [verb] nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we can say nothing to these things you know Jackson , we must jog on and be content with the jingling of the bells , only d — it , I hate a dust , and kicking up a dust , and being confined in harness while others ride in the waggon , under cover , stretching their legs in the straw at ease , and gazing at green trees and blue skies without half my Taste . |
| 2 | But we could do nothing with that English nose of yours . |
| 3 | I called my stepfather , who tried to help her , but we could do nothing . |
| 4 | Benjamin studied some of these and so did I but we could discover nothing amiss . |
| 5 | By moving the hatch a fraction of an inch we could hear what went on below , but we could see nothing . |