rover 25 wont start?

since owning a rover 25 and run out petrol twice before ive had major probs restarting and aa said was fuel pump when when left a while after being towed home restarted... the 2nd time we did something and started after a while but cant remember how we got it going..
this time as car ben left and battery flat cant get it to start at all since putting more fuel in a tenner!!! it turns over but dont catch and we cant smell the fuel even tho we hear the pump buzzing.. any help pleasee....