Example sentences of "not [vb pp] anything [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've not heard anything about this . ’ |
| 2 | I had not heard anything about these guys . |
| 3 | If so , why is that we have not heard anything from all those other civilizations out there ? |
| 4 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 5 | ‘ We have not seen anything of this kind in Britain , ’ added the Commission 's Head of Site Studies . |
| 6 | It is now clear that the review has not reached anything like that stage of progress . |
| 7 | Know can also be followed by the bare infinitive , however , in a sense which is different from the one just discussed : ( 108 ) I 've not known anything like this happen in the College before . |
| 8 | Have they not eaten anything at all ? |
| 9 | He obviously has not learned anything from any of them . |
| 10 | Why , she had seen better days , thought Ianthe in surprise , for the Miss Grimes she had known in the library , with her raffish appearance and slight Cockney accent , had not suggested anything like this . |
| 11 | Have n't heard anything about that for a while . |
| 12 | I have n't heard anything about that . |
| 13 | ‘ I have n't heard anything about this , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Have n't heard anything at all have we ? |
| 15 | She certainly had n't expected anything like this when she had got up this morning . |
| 16 | You have n't missed anything at all . |
| 17 | Funny — he had n't said anything about that . |
| 18 | She has n't said anything about that . |
| 19 | Laura 's problem was that she had not enough to do — no children , though she had n't said anything about this recently — and his heart smote him because he had undertaken to make her happy , and had n't . |
| 20 | My husband works for a bus company but he has n't said anything about this . |
| 21 | He has n't after all said anything false , because he has n't said anything at all : all he 's done is sigh . |
| 22 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
| 23 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 24 | We still have n't seen anything of that chip yet , you know from |
| 25 | I have n't done anything about that . |
| 26 | We have n't done anything about this . |
| 27 | No I have n't done anything with that yet . |
| 28 | He certainly had n't done anything like this in ages . |
| 29 | Mike in the audience and he 'll probably give me a rollicking afterwards , cos I have n't prepared anything about this and I suspect I wo n't be able to speak till the red light . |
| 30 | ‘ So you see , ’ she said , as she finished explaining that the sheets must have disappeared from the flat , ‘ I have n't got anything at all to back up my story . ’ |