Example sentences of "[not/n't] any [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I 'm not any kind of competition for her .
2 Why , why was n't it enough that out of every experience that I mean like not much happens to the back of your neck like that , that 's one thing that I 'd even think about , I mean I 'm not any kind of historian , but like , like anything like the back of the neck I would think of a guillotine also .
3 It is not breath , not wind , not any kind of elixir or potion .
4 This Gruyère is made in the high alpine mountains , the paste is soft and supple , the cut shows not any hole like butter . "
5 A lack of vision has pegged Rovers back in the last month , plus diligent homework by the likes of Spurs … not any fall from grace on Shearer 's part .
6 So far as dreaming is concerned , it seems that the most striking difference between modern Western culture and pre-scientific cultures is not any decrease in mysticism or Informal supernatural beliefs , but an explosion in the number of alternative explanations for dreaming .
7 There is room for organising in a non-party political way , and for the creation of umbrella organisations which bring together gay men or people with AIDS , representing not any attempt at service delivery , but a demand for government action .
8 There was n't any hope of treasure , they knew that ; and all they salvaged after a hundred and seventy five years were a few copper nails from the frigate 's hull and a couple of cannon .
9 Mr Clarke told representatives : ‘ We have n't any plans for privatisation .
10 So there are n't any plans to duet with Wendy James ?
11 And not-only was there no dog worrying Farmer Olinton 's sheep ; there were n't any sheep in sight , either !
12 There was n't any kind of conflict or argument throughout the whole time of our assembly .
13 She certainly does n't any kind of handicap or a stigma .
14 Unfortunately , there are n't any tables in space .
15 With up to 8Mb on the motherboard there probably is n't any need for expansion if the machine is used solely as a network station , but it would 've been nice to find a PCMCIA slot for something like a modem .
16 The apartment had been cleared by his men , and she had n't any family in town .
17 Er Moderator er there is n't any reason in principle why this sh should n't happen that er this subject could n't come up at the presbytery clerks conference .
18 They were n't any good to shovel coals no , is to give it away again .
19 Keeley said girls were unreasonable because they were n't any good at sport — they had n't learnt any rules .
20 Originally I wanted to be a doctor like my father , but it was soon clear I did n't have the intelligence for that — that 's to say I was n't any good at mathematics and physics and that sort of thing .
21 They made out I was n't any good at arithmetic , which I was n't , but that was n't the reason .
22 There was n't any trouble from ticket touts which was a cause for concern .
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