Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] to the contrary " in BNC.
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| 1 | In casual , chatty tones , she told me that " my news " had n't penetrated to her Surrey retreat , and in fact had n't reached her until an hour ago when she 'd arrived , having had nothing to the contrary since last year , to keep the traditional family tryst at my father 's house . |
| 2 | ‘ Nothing in these papers makes me believe anything to the contrary . |
| 3 | Scarlet did n't care what they said about psychiatry — she got the impression that her therapist disapproved of her , simply because she needed therapy , and it was no use anyone saying anything to the contrary . |
| 4 | Anybody who would to s Any s Anybody saying anything to the contrary i would very much suspect their their motives . |
| 5 | They ca n't prove anything to the contrary and who is there hereabouts who knows anything about loss of memory and how long such a state lasts ? |
| 6 | I do n't think so I mean I left it all last night and everything seemed er amicable and er I have n't heard anything to the contrary today . |
| 7 | Well , I have n't heard anything to the contrary , so I presume that 's what it was . |