Example sentences of "not [verb] anything for [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | During much of the book you do not feel anything for the androids , but as you see their struggle for survival and begin to sense that they have gained the feelings that humans are losing , you realise the irony of the book . |
| 2 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |
| 3 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
| 4 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |
| 5 | ‘ I shall get into something comfortable , ’ she said , ‘ and then I sha n't want anything for the whole afternoon . ’ |
| 6 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
| 8 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
| 10 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
| 11 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
| 12 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 13 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 14 | And you just But as we were saying er talking to Janet afterwards there was another little one down at the side , erm mum was getting a bit irate with him , but you see they do n't take anything for the children to do . |
| 15 | We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it . |
| 16 | The smell of the plates of food as they were borne past had been tantalising and caused pangs of hunger to strike Meredith 's stomach as though she had n't eaten anything for a week . |
| 17 | No , you do n't get , you do n't get anything for the membership ! |
| 18 | Therefore you do n't say anything for a while , conceal it , perhaps even kid yourself that the pregnancy will go away if you do n't acknowledge it . |
| 19 | We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't say anything for the moment Mo . |