Example sentences of "[noun] had [pron] do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aesthetic considerations had nothing to do with it . |
| 2 | Even though the episode had nothing to do with Puddephat 's death , her intuition had not led her astray . |
| 3 | The distinction between Spence and Litster is that in Spence the dismissals had nothing to do with any transfer of a business . |
| 4 | ‘ Dreadful , ’ she nodded — but her reply had nothing to do with Anne 's question . |
| 5 | But what aroused resentment from people in the film industry had nothing to do with the merits of these films , which critic Raymond Durgnat reasonably characterized as ‘ sub-Ealing comedies so timid as to be positively ingratiating , ’ nor the production programme 's lack of profitability . |
| 6 | Dorothy Sayers , discussing the literary tastes of one of her characters , the Russian exile Paul Alexis , said of the Ruritanian type of story that ‘ the greater European powers of the League of Nations had nothing to do with the matter ’ : |
| 7 | ‘ To anyone who says that the age gap had anything to do with it , I would point out that she is fitter than her husband . |
| 8 | Mr Gleeson said it would be unfair to suggest the cash injection had something to do with the forthcoming General Election . |
| 9 | The change is revolutionary , and it is difficult to believe that Freud had nothing to do with it ( though , possibly , through misunderstandings of what he said ) . |
| 10 | The Queen 's reply was friendly — and totally negative , indicating clearly that personal feelings of friendship had nothing to do with affairs of state : |
| 11 | In the face of slave rebelliousness abolitionists denied that their support of gradual emancipation had anything to do with the Demerara revolt or that ‘ rash philanthropy ’ had produced slave disorder on earlier occasions in Guadeloupe , St Domingue or Barbados . |
| 12 | A psychopathic killer had nothing to do with happiness , either . |
| 13 | Possibly the West Saxon monarchy 's links with the new monasticism had something to do with its lack of popularity in northern Mercia and Northumbria . |
| 14 | The various fusion machines that a had been built were producing neutrons-supposedly a sign that fusion was taking place but the neutrons had nothing to do with thermonuclear reactions . |
| 15 | I do not want to suggest that Stalin had nothing to do with the origins of the cold war . |
| 16 | Perhaps her erotic dream had something to do with her condition . |
| 17 | Stone is utterly convincing in his argument that the 1857 Divorce Act had nothing to do with perceived changes in the economic conditions of the labouring poor during early industrialization and everything to do with lawyers ' determination to do something about the chaotic state of the law . |
| 18 | er this bloke had his done in a shop |
| 19 | Now do you think that the campaign th the th , the campaigns against the use in cosmetic testing had anything to do with the changes that were brought in , or do you think advances and responsible er science would have , would have made those changes anyway ? |
| 20 | Since her mother had been a jolly lady , her missing father must have been a dour Dane indeed if inheritance had anything to do with it . |
| 21 | She undressed quickly , as if against time ; but the speed of her movements had nothing to do with desire . |
| 22 | ‘ But the kidnapping had nothing to do with him . |
| 23 | While Babcock Thorn yesterday emphasised its jobs announcement had nothing to do with the Trident issue , the losses will clearly increase the pressure on ministers to award it the nuclear submarine work . |
| 24 | This must surely mean that acid rain was natural and the acidification of lochs had nothing to do with power stations . |
| 25 | Dalgliesh doubted whether that half-imagined recoil had anything to do with him personally , nor did he find her silence disconcerting . |
| 26 | Why she stayed on waiting for that phone call Leith could n't have said , though she thought her very large concern about paying her mortgage had something to do with it . |
| 27 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 28 | Symms the midget nutter had nothing to do with it ? ’ |
| 29 | But the England centre-half denied his absence from tonight 's match had anything to do with a weekend newspaper report that Liverpool were ready to sell him . |
| 30 | Gratitude had nothing to do with it , as Mae West did n't say . |