Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] anything [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do not eat anything else between meals . |
| 2 | How : ‘ One woman went to prison and she would not eat anything so , to open her mouth , they broke her teeth and put something down her throat . ’ |
| 3 | I left knowing that we could not make anything together . |
| 4 | We can not demonstrate anything really comparable to the sudden mass extinctions of the past happening at the present day , and in the fleeting second we have available that is hardly surprising . |
| 5 | Only they will probably both know that these must not include anything too worrying or controversial , which could create the type of tension and anxiety that can so easily build up in the elderly , particularly in the many who suffer from circulatory troubles , or who have a naturally anxious personality which has become even more vulnerable with age . |
| 6 | These did not include anything remotely mechanical ; certainly not the workings of the internal combustion engine . |
| 7 | Although clearly one can sympathise with Lear one can not expect anything else of the two sisters when they are shown such a bad example of love from their father in his dealings with Cordelia . |
| 8 | The Mob can not do anything else that turn , it will not move and it can not shoot . |
| 9 | He wrote to Rohde in 1868 , encouraging his friend to follow suit : " we must do it simply because we can not do anything else … [ but ] … for our part let us see to it that young philologists are brought up with the necessary scepticism , free from pedantry and the over-valuation of their profession , and behave as genuine promoters of humanistic studies . |
| 10 | I can not do anything else except for saying my paternoster and my creed to Christ , for my sins … " ) |
| 11 | Fritz wanted to do something immediately about Black Michael and his men , but Sapt and I realized that we could not do anything openly . |
| 12 | He also told the group and me that we did not do anything right . |
| 13 | As one young member of one of the groups put it : ‘ We just accept things as they are , and while we are quite prepared to talk to you tonight we will not do anything tomorrow . ’ |
| 14 | Nicholson recognized later that Mud had given him his head ; he appreciated the responsibility and did not do anything too foolish ; irresponsibility came later when he was well outside of any parental influence . |
| 15 | Recommended remedy : ‘ Just keep an eye on him , and make sure he does not do anything too silly ! ’ |
| 16 | If I sat still and did not do anything then nothing else could happen that I might have to cope with . |
| 17 | Local politicians do not like anything too challenging … |
| 18 | Benny could not see anything so pulled on the doctor 's coat . |
| 19 | That centre for one of the staff who work there , make quite profound impact on the quality of life for many people living on our estates and I can not see anything more short sighted than denying access to the sorts of services and the sorts of pleasures that people can get from use of a community centre like that by cutting back on staffing so that we ca n't actually use the capital resources that we 've b the capital that we 've invested in facilities like that . |
| 20 | Use a tinted moisturiser , or a moisturised base that is softly glowing , but do not use anything too different from your natural skintone or it will look unnatural . |
| 21 | They were three quarters of the way through the meal when Caspar , who did not miss anything any of the giants said and who had , in fact , long since perfected the art of listening to three different conversations at once , suddenly went rather white and made frantic gestures to Fenella . |
| 22 | I can not conceive anything more exciting , more challenging , or more deeply satisfying . |
| 23 | The air raids were commonly known as the Baedeker Raids , after a publishing house that produced travel guides , because the Germans made a sudden switch from bombing major cities , industrial and military targets and bombed cities that did not have anything remotely possible connected with any major war effort . |
| 24 | According to explanations based on the critical period model , early events have such great impact that one need not take anything else into account . |
| 25 | Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke . |
| 26 | Do not fix anything so low over a sofa that people can knock their heads on it when getting up or even leaning back ; all the same , try to place everything at a reasonably flexible eye level . |
| 27 | I could not write anything here yesterday because I was too desolate at the thought that I could hot come and talk to you . |
| 28 | American newcomer Donny Odom started well and finished unluckily , but Mark Lemon could not get anything right on a disastrous night which started with a crash into the safety fence and finished with an engine failure . |
| 29 | I 'll not get anything else done out the back . |
| 30 | Twomey 's niece had prepared what she considered " a nice meal " for the travellers , but Twomey would not allow anything so unfitting as sharing a High Tea with Sir Dermot . |