Example sentences of "[vb past] not [verb] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laughton pledged not to bid for any Chemics star for at least a season — unless they wanted to sell . |
| 2 | The islands ' governing Legislative Council on Oct. 26 repeated its protest to the UK government at its exclusion from the ongoing talks , and voted not to co-operate with any plan reached with Argentina until the islanders were assured of a protected 200-mile limit for their own use . |
| 3 | WIMBLEDON star Jeremy Bates finally found time to wed his childhood sweetheart yesterday — because it did not clash with any tennis dates . |
| 4 | However , Mrs Thatcher did not go into any detail about how the suggested British scheme for allowing different currencies to compete freely throughout the Community would necessarily produce the kind of central bank and co-ordinated monetary and economic policies which the others believe is essential . |
| 5 | ‘ We did not go into any financial discussions but obviously I am interested in signing him . |
| 6 | ‘ We did not go into any financial discussions but I am interested in signing him . ’ |
| 7 | In Wings v. Ellis the defendant mysteriously did not rely upon any such defence . |
| 8 | The word " abortion " did not appear in any of the three proposals . |
| 9 | New buildings did not appear in any numbers until the 1950s . |
| 10 | I went on to say to him that I wished to make it clear that my disquiet did not relate to any particular name , but if in fact the names that I had heard turned out to be a correct report , and he published the List , the List would support legitimate criticism . |
| 11 | He had dogged determination and was of undeviating rectitude , although this did not relate to any well-defined religious beliefs . |
| 12 | In Cadbury v. Halliday ( 1975 D.C. ) it was decided that the words ‘ Extra value ’ written on the wrapper of chocolate bar did not relate to any of the items listed in section 2 and neither could they reasonably be taken to do so . |
| 13 | In Cadbury Ltd v Halliday [ 1975 ] 1 WLR 649 , it was decided that the words " Extra value " written on the wrapper of a bar of chocolate , did not relate to any of the items listed in s2 so that no offence was committed . |
| 14 | The inquiry said the deferment of projects involving large capital expenditure , frequency of reorganisation within BR , and lack of control of projects did not stem from any individual 's decision , but ‘ from the way in which the railway has come to do things . ’ |
| 15 | The online catalogue was a spin-off which did not stem from any desire to serve the user better . |
| 16 | They did not hope for any tangible support for their undertaking , but a charter would give them some standing in England , allow them to create a legal government , and possibly convince any enquiring Spaniards that they were not simply setting up a pirate base . |
| 17 | The anxiety about case loads was accompanied by a concern over the provision of ‘ cover ’ together with some concern about the isolation of the development officer 's position , which did not fit into any overall management structure at Age Concern England and left them without a full-time support , supervision and management back-up service . |
| 18 | Boal reminded the House that the parade did not pass through any Catholic areas : |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | At this point Bukharin did not suggest in any detail how the new equilibrium was to be achieved ; but he was willing to move more cautiously and pragmatically . |
| 21 | Woodline Design did not rest on any past laurels ; it was highly solvent and very successful , and it did n't take long for Merrill to discover that Luke was the driving force behind it , and that her initial impression of him as dynamic was something of an understatement . |
| 22 | If she did not tread on any of the black , perhaps when she got to the end of the floor she would shiver and rouse in her own long-lost bed , in her striped sheets , and say good morning to the apple tree and look at her own face in the mirror she had not broken . |
| 23 | He did not sit in any subsequent Parliament . |
| 24 | Mr McArdle wrote : ‘ It is sad to report that in this case the behaviour of the Daily Mirror and its staff did not contribute in any way to the detection of crime . |
| 25 | graces could be an embarrassment , for he had no polite small-talk and did not pretend to any ; his visits to Windsor were an ordeal for guest and hosts alike , to him because he disliked formality and to his hosts because he was so difficult to entertain and because he did not mince words with the King . |
| 26 | The discussion in Chapter Five pointed out that although Nicholas and his officials accepted that serfdom was immoral , believed that it was unprofitable , could see advantages in reducing the authority of the gentry , and realized that the country 's competitors were abandoning landlord–serf relations , they did not feel under any obligation to take immediate and far-reaching action . |
| 27 | These groups did not coincide with any previous line-up on the merits of the protectionist issue . |
| 28 | Between 1941 and 1945 it created a following for itself which has never been equalled since and certainly did not exist at any time prior to 1941 . |
| 29 | And what we today call ‘ soteriology ’ ( the doctrine of salvation ) did not exist in any systematic way at all ( Kelly 1977 : 375 ) . |
| 30 | There was , however , a complicating factor here which did not exist in any other European state . |