Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [prep] the [adj] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they will achieve nothing over the next 20 years . ’ |
| 2 | Unfortunately I can do nothing about the first two but it is my responsibility to protect your salary so that your wife and family are looked after . |
| 3 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 4 | ‘ We 'd done nothing on the first two days here and I thought it was all going wrong . |
| 5 | One in five had received no training in the Act and most were expecting to receive none during the next six months . |
| 6 | It was Mellor who salvaged something from the disastrous 1990 Broadcasting Bill , which presaged the widely-ridiculed independent television franchise round . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | And my son has received none of the two hundred and eight |
| 9 | I ca n't remember anything in the last fifteen years or so that has excited me in America . |
| 10 | Every time I 've asked him to do anything in the last three days , I ca n't , working out the quiz . |
| 11 | I did not try one with the full sixty degrees , which is almost a full airbrake setting and would doubtless produce a still slower stall speed , but the Bölkow is obviously capable of getting into a very short field if required . |
| 12 | ‘ The IRA have gained nothing over the past 20 years by their tactics of terrorism and murder . |
| 13 | Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean |
| 14 | ‘ Frank has to prove himself by really beating someone in the top ten . |