Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [art] thing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was being blackmailed and , because of her promise to Travis never to breathe a word about the woman he truly did love , she could not do a thing about it . |
| 2 | I tried to start the engine but the airman on the starter battery trailer had fled so I could not do a thing except huddle in the cockpit , waiting for the sensation of being hit . |
| 3 | Police and hospital bosses are urging staff , patients and visitors to take every precaution against crime , so that the idea of a hospital as a safe haven does not become a thing of the past . |
| 4 | I had been there nine times previously , but I supposed it was the same as your time as a baby — you could not remember a thing about it . |
| 5 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 6 | These people seem to forget that results do not mean a thing in football and are only of secondary interest to a manager . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't want a thing like that in my house , ’ said the lady . |
| 8 | SCO wo n't price the thing until Tuesday , but its expected to come in at around or below the price of SunSoft 's Solaris x86 desktop system which is £600 — $800 . |
| 9 | You wo n't know a thing about it . |
| 10 | I know Dad says he knows all about the theatre because he works there , but he does n't , he does n't know a thing about actually being out there on the boards — waiting in the dressing rooms for your call — putting on your make-up — rehearsing in a real ensemble where you do workshops and Stanislavsky method and … |
| 11 | I do n't know a thing about it . |
| 12 | MAX : You do n't know a thing about her any longer . |
| 13 | Does n't know a thing about wine . |
| 14 | I did n't know a thing about it until Rob sprang it on me this afternoon . ’ |
| 15 | You really do n't know a thing about me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And of course you did n't know a thing about it , did you ? ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know a thing about horses . |
| 18 | she was working on that , of course we do n't know a thing about it , erm and the make , the erm the handyman chap came along and took a part away , it was faulty |
| 19 | Oh he 's in hospital , I did n't know a thing about it , I 've been saying when we 've been to the Pentam , we have n't seen Trevor for a while , we have n't seen Trevor , and even Barry at the Pentam did n't tell me , he thought I knew |
| 20 | We could n't do a thing about it , only get on with our jobs , living from day to day and , being young , looking forward to the day — surely not too far ahead — when things would start moving in our favour again . |
| 21 | The best , or the most packed defences in the world , ca n't do a thing about a perfectly-struck drive . |
| 22 | He 's half starved — and ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 23 | She could n't do a thing about it . |
| 24 | She ca n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , and you also told me , yesterday , that you could n't do a thing about it . ’ |
| 26 | " You let a man walk in here and say he 's taking your seat-after paying your fare and all-and the company does n't do a thing about it ? " |
| 27 | Well he ca n't do a thing about it ! |
| 28 | I was in Helen Blair 's house tonight … could n't do a thing to her , because her fuckin' wee brother ( about your age ) would not piss off . |
| 29 | they wo n't do a thing for the children in their old blind school because R B E A have got so much money we do n't put our |
| 30 | He said , like coming to this well for your jug of water every day it 's alright while i , the jug , there 's some in the jug , but when you 've drunk it all the jug 's empty and it does n't do a thing for you ! |