Example sentences of "[vb infin] [indef pn] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 An individual event which normally gives a particular ERP may sometimes yield nothing and the ERP may sometimes occur in the absence of the evoking event .
2 Bringing back capital punishment would do nothing if the drug problem was not solved .
3 Bringing back capital punishment would do nothing if the drug problem was not solved .
4 The illustrations must do something that the text has not done or that the text can not do : ‘ You must never illustrate exactly what is written .
5 Thou shalt do everything that the church says thou shalt not .
6 For me , my Mont Blanc is a reminder that computers ca n't do everything and an incentive to improve my handwriting .
7 Anyway we went up there but we could n't do anything because the ground had taken fire do you see , all this peat .
8 ‘ Call yourself Mamur Zapt and you ca n't do anything when the woman you claim you love pleads to you for justice ? ’
9 ‘ I ca n't do anything if the team does n't do things for me . ’
10 But now , Holly , you 're in Hut 2 of ZhKh 385/3/I , and nobody did do anything and the hut is reality .
11 There are roughly three kinds all of which can use one or a mixture of dance styles .
12 There are a number of strategies at your disposal and you can use one or a mixture of them to help you over an unexpected hurdle .
13 Well cos , for the sake of ten days there er er er erm Martin was gon na fix the problem , erm within ten days but we do n't wan na have to go back and reprint everything cos the unit statement 's perfectly valid .
14 Why should women believe anything that the Government say ?
15 Dare we believe anything that the Secretary of State for Wales will say ?
16 ‘ I said I did n't want one and the nurse said ‘ Why are you down here anyway ? ’
17 If you are wondering , for instance , why The Instant Calorie and Fibre Chart lists only three quarters of an ounce of shredded wheat and then an ounce or more of other cereals , ask yourself whether you have ever seen anyone eat one and a quarter , or perhaps one and one third , shredded wheats …
18 You ca n't hear nothing cos the glass is too thick , so you got to guess what the people are saying .
19 He probably did not hear anything until the intruder was doing the bedroom … ’
20 ‘ Asking the wrong question ’ or ‘ irrelevancy ’ tell one that an error has been made , but they do not tell one whether the error is jurisdictional .
21 ‘ Asking the wrong question ’ or ‘ irrelevancy ’ tells one that an error has been made but it does not tell one whether the error is jurisdictional .
22 She did n't tell anyone that the woman called Benny was stealing away from the group ; had found one of the perimeter doors ; had slipped through it , and had gone .
23 8 Do n't let the student imitate anyone but the teacher .
24 He politely declined to pose for pictures with Nesta and added : ‘ I have nothing else to say today … but I will say plenty when the time comes . ’
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