Example sentences of "n't [verb] to a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously I could n't mime to a voice of seventeen years ago , no way on earth ! |
| 2 | She quite obviously was n't listening to a word of it . |
| 3 | I think its possible to fall in love with the same person more than once , you fall in love with them and you get married for that as well as other reasons perhaps , and then you have children and you hardly see them really for the next ten years , at least this is what every one sort of understands and then and then erm and then when you have more time again you can fall in love all over again with exactly the same person , I think this happens to lots of people , which also does n't happen to a lot of people so you have n't |
| 4 | Rick might have put it a little differently : ‘ The problems of the little people do n't amount to a row of beans in this crazy world . ’ |
| 5 | Perkins said : ‘ To misquote the script of Casablanca , the problems of one old actor do n't amount to a hill of beans . ’ |