Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] n't [vb infin] any " in BNC.

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1 The voice always seemed to come from the shadows or from somewhere just aside from where he was looking ; and usually the words did n't make any sense , and they passed through his mind so quickly that they 'd gone before he could reach for them .
2 SPORTS cars do n't come any smarter than this .
3 SPORTS cars do n't come any smarter than this .
4 Stock , Aitken and Waterman had taken her under their protective wing and such master opportunities did n't need any convincing that the success of the soap could be translated into success in the record business .
5 Er , several entries will use up additional memory , as the minimum amount of memory they will get used erm , but certain entries do n't use any extra memory , and in fact , in this column here I 've put an entry , a whole number six , seven , eight , nine , ten etcetera , into each of these cells and er that column there , still only uses forty eight bytes of memory .
6 Will 's sister Joan was married and had a little boy , but Will 's brothers did n't have any children .
7 And a lot of the shopkeepers did n't have any kind of insurance at all .
8 The parents did n't have any sympathy for people that joyrided , and they could n't understand why they did it .
9 A foreign accent is an unknown quantity ; you have to be rather good at languages to tell whether it 's common or not , and most of Nigel 's acquaintances did n't speak any other language well .
10 Most of our school leavers do n't have any experience .
11 ‘ What we said on the phone was true enough ; of course , the forensics do n't have any news for us yet .
12 Well remember though but the problem is with project managers did n't have any
13 Mark David well it could of been Mark Andrew and then it 'd been Mat at least your name , your initials do n't spell any thing rude
14 Seventeen suppliers did n't give any details to measure water quality against , no information on maximum permitted levels and no data about how many samples exceeded the maximum .
15 ‘ Most patients do n't require any treatment , but occasionally bites become infected and we have to intervene . ’
16 Novices do n't need any specialist kit , though sailing gloves help delicate hands , and you 'll feel more comfy with a wetsuit in April and May .
17 Because these histories did n't have any singularities or any beginning or end , what happened in them would be determined entirely by the laws of physics .
18 Fortunately , computer buyers are spared the one thing which afflicts consumers of prestige-based goods : computer brand names do n't confer any status unless you 're one of those nerds who hangs out with hackers and reckons that one 's image is enhanced by owning Conner , ATI , Logitech or whatever .
19 So , I do n't , I do n't personally see that as a direct threat at all and I think that also our , our er , our newspapers do n't have any particular political bias of any sort , I think they treat each issue on its merits .
20 The group spokesman said its members did n't need any lessons in either cross community co-operation , tolerance or good neighbourliness from what he described as ‘ the bigots of the Orange and Black Orders ’ .
21 I tend to .. you know a lot of players do n't play any side shots they play all their shots like that .
22 Head teachers say governors do n't show any interest — or in the very rare case show too much .
23 Erm , indeed some eighty ninety year olds do n't need any supervision , on the other hand some people in their early sixties may need to be looked after , and , you know , I do n't fancy the idea of anybody being able to claim allowances because they 've fit granny , erm , on the other hand anybody who needs to ought to be able to , and I think this wording secures that .
24 The police did n't give any ground and on the front line they handed out as much physical punishment as they received .
25 CAPENHURST anglers did n't hook any whoppers , but they did manage to net enough tiddlers to ensure that the scales tipped in their favour in a challenge match against the Greyhound Angling Club from Chester .
26 She said , ‘ Now I 've found you , those old photos do n't matter any more . ’
27 Children do n't have any particularly different rules — they just emphasise the need to be conscious of the way that LM 's work .
28 No , no , my children did n't have any , although there 's , there 's er school going on , er being run by the temple all through these years .
29 He says the ruling shops that travellers do n't have any rights .
30 How easy the task of saving Spitalfields must have then seemed — merely a matter of money ( thought unfortunately its would-be saviours did n't have any ) .
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