Example sentences of "[v-ing] any sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet the yawning emptiness out here upon the vast deck already seemed to be swallowing any sense of connexion with the interior of the fortress-monastery … |
| 2 | Kell testified that prostitutes in inspected towns were ‘ vain girls ’ under no restraint and lacking any sense of innate morality . |
| 3 | Lacking any sense of the Dionysiac depths of music , they assumed that the words took precedence and , as with the New Attic Dithyramb their music aspired to nothing higher than tone-painting , in imitation of the world of phenomena . |
| 4 | The point is important , because much of the modern secondary literature on Charles the Bald 's reign , and on the Carolingians generally , has depicted the aristocracy as greedy and boorish , incapable of sharing the higher aspirations of kings or clergy , lacking any sense of public interest . |
| 5 | it is inconsequential , removing any sense of import to do with an imagined situation ; |
| 6 | Mr. Townsend reported that he had difficulty getting any sense out of the staff at Ostend , and in the end he completed an adjustment voucher given to him by the purser on the ship . |
| 7 | If being responsible for eradicating any sense of loss at Parkhead troubled ‘ Jacki ’ , it did not show . |
| 8 | Liberation has turned sour producing anomie and alienation , severely undermining any sense of collective responsibility or response . |
| 9 | For a while it proved a highly successful combination , but eventually it became apparent that the Japanese spirit could not compensate for inferiority in industrial strength and natural resources in dispelling any sense of national insecurity . |
| 10 | ‘ Is this making any sense or am I just jetlagged ? ’ |
| 11 | Oh fuck , am I making any sense ? |
| 12 | She had spent all afternoon trying to ask Nanny more , but Nanny had been in a funny mood , laughing one minute and crying the next , and not making any sense of anything she said . |
| 13 | You 're not making any sense . |
| 14 | She was n't making any sense . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're not making any sense , Folly . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not making any sense , am I ? ’ |
| 17 | There was a brief discussion before another member of the group stepped forward and made an announcement , the only words making any sense to her being those of Rune 's name . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're not making any sense . ’ |
| 19 | She was n't making any sense . |
| 20 | Inside our house there were stone floors , coal fires , oil lamps , but I do n't remember ever feeling any sense of cold or discomfort , except when I got chilblains — a seasonal occurrence ( and one which Dally cites , along with other circulatory disorders , as common among anorexics and perhaps indicative of a certain proneness ) . |