Sentence examples for he contributed nothing from inspiring English sources

Some of his contemporaries accused him of leading a life of idleness and complained that he contributed nothing to society.

The Russians acknowledged that Dr. McLaren had a central role in the dive's origins but said he contributed nothing to its substantive planning and logistics.

Records unearthed by Judge Seabury's investigators showed that a slush fund was maintained for him by a group of politicans and businessmen; a $10,000 letter of credit in his name for a European trip was discovered; a brokerage account for him was found, bearing the initials J.J.W., to which he contributed nothing.

It seems clear that we cannot hold someone responsible for an action which just happened, an action he contributed nothing to.

And too which he contributed nothing.

Smith and the rest of the group confirm he contributed nothing to the record.

That he contributes nothing at all to this is rationalised by the idea that he is simply cleverer than the rest of us, so more fool us for coughing up.

And she contributed nothing to reducing migration into the EU by strengthening the external Schengen border.

To the White House, she contributed nothing practical except the taste of a cultivated society woman in its hugely expensive refurbishment.

He's contributed nothing all season long.

Iran, he added, had contributed nothing.