Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] of any [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmer , who was a great coward , did n't like the idea of going back empty-handed to the tiger , but as he could not think of any other plan , he did as he was told . |
| 2 | Now I could write a book on Workers I have known and they are worth a mention here , because I can not think of any other branch of agriculture , but organics , where people will almost pay to work for you . |
| 3 | But he could not think of any other way to work safely . |
| 4 | The Armaments Inspectorate at Nuremberg , commenting on the successful concealment of preparation for the invasion , noted that ‘ the concentration of numerous troops in the eastern areas had allowed speculation to arise that significant events were afoot there , but nevertheless probably the overwhelming proportion of the German people did not think of any warlike confrontation with the Soviet Union ’ . |
| 5 | The very word imperialism is modern ; I do not know of any serious attempt to grasp the dynamics of any imperialism — old or new — before J. A. Hobson 's Imperialism in 1902 . |
| 6 | Richard Edwards , Sales Director , congratulated all concerned — ‘ I do not know of any other Textile company that could have produced and woven a non-stock item in such a short time . ’ |
| 7 | And I do not know of any other argument , not relying on PC k , which Nozick could use to show that we do not know we are not brains in a vat without showing that we do not know most other things either . |
| 8 | I do not know of any thorough research on the usage of the article with personal names in II Maccabees . |
| 9 | I do not know of any direct evidence that sexually transmitted diseases increase the libido of sufferers , but I conjecture that it would be worth looking into . |
| 10 | I do not know of any known way of preventing evil men from planting a little piece of plastic explosive in a vast complex like the Musgrave Park hospital . |
| 11 | I do not know of any Hellenistic evidence to show that a Gentile became a Jew or a sympathizer because he had read the Bible . |
| 12 | A sheep if you buy a sheepskin coat from a market stall then it should be sheepskin not made of manmade fibres and not made of any other animal . |
| 13 | Let me be buried in lead at Claydon next to where your father proposes to lie himself , and let no stranger wind me , nor do not let me be stripped , but put a clean smock on me , and let my face be hid and do you stay in the room and see me wound and laid in the first coffin , which must be of wood if I do not die of any infectious disease , else I am so far from desiring it that I forbid you to come near me . |
| 14 | I 've been as far a a places as far apart as the presbytery of erm Annandale and Esdale which is to , what to south of Scotland , erm and I ca n't think of any corresponding place erm in the north but there have been places in the north that I 've also gone to , and this is my donor card . |
| 15 | But I could n't think of any other excuse |
| 16 | That really is trying to , erm , discover whether the person on the other terminal is human by means of language , and really , you ca n't think of any other way of doing it . |
| 17 | I could n't think of any other way of saying it . |
| 18 | Mm well I ca n't think of any other way to draw it though . |
| 19 | ‘ I ca n't think of any other woman of my acquaintance who would kick up such a fuss just because a man wanted to buy her some new clothes . |
| 20 | I ca n't think of any other explanation ’ |
| 21 | I ca n't think of any other explanation for the flare-up . |
| 22 | This is one of the thin times , but I ca n't think of any other manager to do a better job for Nottingham Forest at the moment than Brian Clough . ’ |
| 23 | Miranda said , ‘ People only say that when they ca n't think of any other reason for doing something damned stupid . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't think of any other reason for him to walk out of the dinner he was supposed to be at . |
| 25 | ‘ Because — ’ She was alarmed to find she could n't think of any good reason . |
| 26 | Quite probably it was the truth , as I ca n't think of any good reason for you to have lied … |
| 27 | I could n't think of any suitable advice at the time . |
| 28 | Otherwise elegant and beautiful theories have been rejected because they do n't agree with observation , but I do n't know of any major theory that has been advanced just on the basis of experiment . |
| 29 | I do n't know of any other event where you get that kind of pressure and you just ca n't simulate that . |
| 30 | If I find it I 'll it but I , I do n't know of any other recording . |