Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she would not lend him any . |
| 2 | Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | To understand the function of bird-song does not make it any less enchanting . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | But that did not make it any easier to break the news . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But this does not make it any less true . |
| 10 | This realization does not make it any easier to accept that our own mercurial organ is the right size and shape for our body . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He is alone , but not lonely , Ari thought , and I do not pity him any more . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It would not matter what any inhabitant of Nunes told the police about Mary , for she had departed soon after that . |
| 21 | He would not do her any real harm . |
| 22 | It would not do you any credit to stay on in Munich without an appointment . |
| 23 | The man continued to look at her strangely , and then at last he said , ‘ It 'll not do you any good , love . ’ |
| 24 | You may have good grounds for your negative feelings , but those feelings will not do you any good . |
| 25 | otherwise it just will not do you any good . |
| 26 | Which will not do you any harm . |
| 27 | ’ The good news is that he may not do you any positive harm . |
| 28 | So she sent a letter home and my dad said , ‘ Yes , well , you 'd better not do it any more ’ . |
| 29 | If you can not do it by constructing the notion of pains which are not yours , you can not do it any other way . |
| 30 | Now we have lost one and want to replace it but the nursery do not grow it any more , and we can not find one that does . ’ |