pardon me vs think nothing of it

pardon me

phrase
  • Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance. 

  • Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. 

  • Sorry; said as an apology. 

think nothing of it

phrase
  • A polite way to dismiss thanks as unnecessary 

How often have the words pardon me and think nothing of it occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )