Example sentences of "i [verb] not [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the last six articles I tried not to describe any canoeing technique as right or wrong . |
| 2 | I tried not to give any extra weight to the explanations or justifications made by one individual rather than another . |
| 3 | I pledge not to buy any products made from tropical hardwoods . |
| 4 | ‘ I try not to show any favouritism to the horses , ’ says John . |
| 5 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 6 | If you embark on using someone as your detective who is immensely superior to yourself either intellectually or in the social scale ( and by that I do not mean any conventional listing of dukes , earls , barons and honourables ) you will be heading for trouble when you try to have the sort of insights for them that they would naturally have . |
| 7 | I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter , nor do I shirk any responsibility for the actions taken by my officials or for the way in which the Parliamentary Under-Secretary handled the case . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I do not feel any mercy for the IRA . |
| 9 | So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep . |
| 10 | ‘ What I meant to say is , I do not feel any animosity to you , signorina . ’ |
| 11 | I do not want any criticisms that we may have of some home owners or some trends to detract from that important fact . |
| 12 | I do not make any apology for accepting that single millionaires will be at an advantage in that situation , but the millions of people on lowish incomes , particularly the retired , will be penalised most . |
| 13 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 14 | ‘ I do not think any publisher has given any journalist that chance before in the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 15 | I do not think any of today 's major religions have this as their central theme , although it may be found in religions of the past , and in various modern cults and sects . |
| 16 | I am perfectly certain , indeed I do not think any one can doubt this , that our Party on the old lines will never have any future again in this country . " |
| 17 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 18 | ‘ I do not think any of us be the same , ’ said Heinrich , frowning . |
| 19 | Certainly , I do not pretend any scholarly disinterest with this book . |
| 20 | I do not possess any pornographic publications or pictures of couples in lubricious postures , though I am aware that they exist to an ever more proliferating degree , and I have seen these things in Robert 's room and in my agent 's office . |
| 21 | I do not understand any accurate meaning that can be ascribed to such an expression as " quasi-arbitrator " . |
| 22 | I do not put any weight on the sleeves . |
| 23 | I do not use any anti-fungus agents ; the occasional fungused eggs are removed as required . |
| 24 | I must add here that I do not use any ready-made greens as I prefer to mix my own colours : azo yellow light , cadmium yellow medium , and titanium white mixed with my blues for this , with the addition of burnt sienna , yellow ochre and Vandyke brown for the earth colours . |
| 25 | Second , I do not accept any version of the resemblance doctrine . |
| 26 | I do not remember any of the questions or answers , but I came away captivated by his personality , amazed by the endearing quality he radiated , a humour and charm utterly unexpected . |
| 27 | I saw that the wing commander engineering , who also was a pilot ( but in those days they did an engineering course as we had no Engineering Officers , at least I do not remember any ) opened his window in the office and climbed out . |
| 28 | I do not know any other way to express it . |
| 29 | However , I do not know any other human being who believes this to be possible in principle . |
| 30 | I do not know any more cheering mark of the increased philanthropy of our own times , than to contrast our domestic architecture with that of our ancestors , and to see how much better servants and poor are cared for at present . |