Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she would not lend him any . |
| 2 | But we 're not handling them any better . |
| 3 | He 's not bringing me any supper . |
| 4 | I though oh bugger it I 'm not bringing it any more it 's getting too big . |
| 5 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
| 6 | Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer . |
| 7 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 8 | To know that a particular animal dance , or brightly coloured display , operates as a territorial device or as a sexual arousal mechanism does not make it any less beautiful . |
| 9 | To understand the function of bird-song does not make it any less enchanting . |
| 10 | Anticipating the problem does not make it any less likely to occur , but planning and preparing for it helps one to cope with it , and will emphasize that professional and consistent judgment has been exercised . |
| 11 | But that did not make it any easier to break the news . |
| 12 | The news of the morning broadcast had brought them all to this place , anticipating something like what they were now hearing , which did not make it any better . |
| 13 | But this does not make it any less true . |
| 14 | This realization does not make it any easier to accept that our own mercurial organ is the right size and shape for our body . |
| 15 | Offensive lack of cooperation may make the task of the constable more unpleasant , but it does not make it any more difficult than would a civilised refusal to help . |
| 16 | It does not make it any easier to do what we have to do , but it makes seeing what we have to do much clearer , because it then becomes obvious that Serbia has been the blatant aggressor in the war and that its aggression simply can not be tolerated by the international community . |
| 17 | The fact that this is happening so widely does not make it any less unwelcome , and I would like to express my own thanks to staff for their steadfastness and continuing hard work in these conditions . |
| 18 | ‘ The manager has not given me any indication whether I will play but I am ready and it would be nice if I could . |
| 19 | It is understood doctors have not given him any timescale for the progress of the cancer . |
| 20 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ Clinton spoke up , ‘ your nephew and his companion will be most welcome in our retinue but I can not promise you any success . ’ |
| 21 | They will not win you any prizes but , if you can manage to knit just one of them , you will be helping someone who really needs your help . |
| 22 | SHE had feared that she would not know him any more … that his 1,943 days of hell as a hostage would have left them strangers . |
| 23 | Since then the garage has been obliged to leave some of its cars on the lines because it can not display them any other way . |
| 24 | He is alone , but not lonely , Ari thought , and I do not pity him any more . |
| 25 | Her main motive had been simply her love for Jack , her desire to believe him , not to question him , not to cause him any pain , but to accept as fundamental that he must be happy . |
| 26 | It has been seven years that life does not bring me any joy and being totally blasé , I have decided to put an end to those viragos . |
| 27 | Two organisations which we visited further emphasised the " non-regularity " of their temporary workers ' employment by not guaranteeing them any fixed number of hours per week — they were contracted to work " as and when required " — and this , of course , provided them with an important , additional source of flexibility . |
| 28 | It would not matter what any inhabitant of Nunes told the police about Mary , for she had departed soon after that . |
| 29 | So if it 's not causing me any symptoms I should ? |
| 30 | but eh , she , it does n't seem to worry her it 's not causing her any |