Example sentences of "n't [verb] anything [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
| 2 | She did n't think anything of a personal nature had entered the conversation . |
| 3 | Great advantage now is you would n't need anything like a high chair |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know anything about a stolen book , ’ Connelly bleated . |
| 5 | If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately . |
| 6 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 7 | But , even if you do n't know anything about the deeper workings , you can apply some common sense guidelines to the same effect . |
| 8 | When I first decided to go into acting , my mother went mad — it was quite understandable , we did n't know anything about the acting profession . |
| 9 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 10 | Even the GenTech wizards , Dr Zarathustra and W. D. Donovan , could only reconstruct a ruined face ; they could n't do anything about a shredded psyche , a ruptured personality , a raped memory … |
| 11 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 12 | If it did n't , it would n't achieve anything like the stupendous accuracy that I have described . |
| 13 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 14 | God does n't give anything to the idle ! |
| 15 | I ca n't remember anything about the whole evening . |
| 16 | I ca n't remember anything in the last fifteen years or so that has excited me in America . |
| 17 | But I have n't had anything on the other piece and I want something on . |
| 18 | At first we could n't see anything on the white backing but then Eadred brought across a candle , held it near the page , not quite close enough to scorch , and sea-green writing began to appear . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't see anything beyond the third target , ’ he said . |
| 20 | schools and they 'll They probably wo n't manage anything in the next week because the schools are going on holiday at |
| 21 | Internationally patented , Brewking is free of chemicals and sold widely in Europe , particularly in Germany where the nation 's drinkers wo n't drink anything but the purest beer . |
| 22 | You ca n't get anything with a little letter first except pH . |
| 23 | Until any of the other ones bear fruit , because the Guildhall I ca n't get anything on the elections till April the sixth , erm I ca n't get anything from the Scottish tapes until they start arriving , erm whatever . |
| 24 | It 's puzzling that the British public seems to share this feeling of worship for Russian dancers , yet does n't extend anything like the same respect to its own . |