Sentence examples for went for nothing from inspiring English sources

But that joke, always a hard sell for an American audience, went for nothing on Wednesday.

(His effort went for nothing, for the eclipse was obscured by clouds).

He didn't raise the roof like Giggs did when his money went for nothing.

Here, that moment, which depends on a refined set of sonic balances, went for nothing.

That was why the crucial meeting of Golda Meir's cabinet went for nothing.

Kokoschka's stature as its foremost living representative went for nothing in an England whose very existence had been in question.

The Marlins let Ross go for nothing.

All the pains I took to explain the context had gone for nothing".

We fought valiantly for a long time, and you don't want that to seemingly go for nothing".

The Knicks could clear $5.2 million by declining Douglas's option and letting Shumpert and Renaldo Balkman go for nothing.

Four years later, in 2006, he was let go for nothing by three teams within seven months.