Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] anything [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I say I 've not had anything like the bad experience of it that a lot of people have had . |
| 2 | The films used in this study were , however , relatively short and it was clear that subjects were not describing anything like the total amount of information that was available . |
| 3 | I am not saying anything about the short or long-ball game , only what is right at the proper time . |
| 4 | But I have not found anything in the careful judgment of Mustill L.J . |
| 5 | Rachel had already decided not to mention anything about the new MO at OBEX . |
| 6 | I , who can not reach anything on the top shelf at the supermarket ? |
| 7 | However , these institutional norms do not tell anything like the whole story , and this is particularly true if we focus on spoken language in casual conversation and on phonetic and phonological variation : as we noticed in chapter 3 , the norms of a superordinate variety can not be projected on to the norms of a speech community without distorting our description . |
| 8 | Not finding anything among the existing styles to which she was exposed , she created her own , dedicating it to the Buddhist nun who had taught her , but naming it after herself . |
| 9 | That is what is wrong with narcissistic chat shows which create , then devour , media personalities who have not achieved anything in the real world ; or politics coverage which concentrates on the intra-party power struggles rather than the world to which the party hopes to appeal . |
| 10 | In their conclusions the researchers did warn , however , that the samples they studied were small and that they could not say anything about the long-term effects of increased exposure to ultraviolet radiation . |
| 11 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
| 12 | If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately . |
| 13 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 14 | When I first decided to go into acting , my mother went mad — it was quite understandable , we did n't know anything about the acting profession . |
| 15 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 16 | If it did n't , it would n't achieve anything like the stupendous accuracy that I have described . |
| 17 | God does n't give anything to the idle ! |
| 18 | I ca n't remember anything about the whole evening . |
| 19 | But I have n't had anything on the other piece and I want something on . |
| 20 | At first we could n't see anything on the white backing but then Eadred brought across a candle , held it near the page , not quite close enough to scorch , and sea-green writing began to appear . |
| 21 | Until any of the other ones bear fruit , because the Guildhall I ca n't get anything on the elections till April the sixth , erm I ca n't get anything from the Scottish tapes until they start arriving , erm whatever . |
| 22 | Even when they were nt winning anything except the occasional FA Cup there was hype . |