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Example sentences for "found nothing"

  • We found nothing so offensive at Juan Fernandez.

  • We landed here to the number of 140 men, of whom I was one, on the 8th September, and marched about fourteen miles to an Indian village, where we found nothing but vanillas drying in the sun.

  • We found nothing of value in Realejo, except 500 sacks of flour, with some pitch, tar, and cordage.

  • I rose, and again began digging and enlarging the hole; still I found nothing, nothing--the chest was no longer there!

  • But no, I found nothing, though I had made a hole twice as large as the first.

  • On two of the plates, I found nothing unusual: but on the third, which was the first one that I snapped, I saw something that made me quite excited.

  • He even slipped back over the line to San Cristobel and Ancon, found nothing of moment awaiting him there, and drifted back into Panamanian territory.

  • In all this second search, however, he found nothing to reward his efforts.

  • He found nothing companionable in that canon of life and movement known as Broadway.

  • He found nothing to reward his search but a number of Cariboos, which is the American reindeer, of which no less than 13 were killed, during his stay of three days.

  • We thoroughly searched the hollow part but found nothing.

  • A torch of pine wood was soon made, which guided our footsteps into the dismal recess, but we found nothing of the kind.

  • During the evening I made an excursion on foot along the tributary river to the north-east for several kilometres, but I found nothing of particular interest.

  • We took a last glance around to see if we could discover some other fruit or something to eat, but we found nothing.

  • When we proceeded the next morning we found nothing of interest.

  • I did not tell him anything as we were in the coach, and when we got home I found nothing fresh, except a note from Goudar, which I put in my pocket, intending to reserve all business for the next day.

  • What was his dismay, when he found nothing left of the fortress but a few ashes!

  • In due time he took up the slates and we found nothing.

  • He wrote again, complaining that, after a journey of sixty miles over a rough road to the nearest reliable express office, he found nothing but a worthless package, marked "C.

  • Now, I was entirely deficient in this skill, and though most desirous of acquiring it, I found nothing in the book to indicate the means.

  • He found nothing companionable in that caƱon of life and movement known as Broadway.


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