Example sentences of "they [vb base] [not/n't] [verb] anything [prep] " in BNC.

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1 " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely .
2 They get fifteen thousand pounds and they do n't make anything from it .
3 If they 're in a corrupt society and when they get to that position they they do n't do anything about it and accept
4 Well you got one of their trees in there and they 'll cut that down and they do n't do anything about them .
5 I 'm bilious and they do n't do anything for this
6 They do n't do anything for me at all .
7 Cos presumably they do n't expect anything like this , they 're just doing their work .
8 I know they do n't mean anything by it , it 's just what they had in stock .
9 Usually telling you nothing , well they do n't say anything to us .
10 They do n't charge anything for this , no .
11 Now , they do n't get anything for that six weeks that they 're not at school .
12 If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately .
13 They do n't know anything about life , so they come and tell the rest of us how to live it . ’
14 They do n't know anything about you ? ’
15 These guys do n't like to mess around ; they get in there and record the goddamned thing , because they do n't know anything about how to not do it good .
16 I thought I had sent him some that were very good , but I received a most snarky letter from him saying " They may be very fine artists but they do n't know anything about teaching , and I 'm not interested in any of your geniuses unless they really take trouble about the job in hand " .
17 They do n't know anything about ffeatherstonehaugh 's .
18 They hear the access road is coming , they are not consulted , they do n't know anything about it and over the years again I must reiterate .
19 The bank automatically thinks he 's doing badly because they do n't hear anything from him .
20 They do n't put anything in the coffee .
21 ‘ He said : ‘ They 've very nice , but some of them are purely illustrative ; they do n't have anything of you in them .
22 ‘ Most later weights are much lighter , the colours are muddier and they do n't have anything like the control over the spacing of the canes . ’
23 Besides which , they do n't sound anything like them .
24 When they find it , they do not say anything but sit quietly until the last person finds it when they shout ‘ Hooray ’ as loud as they can .
25 Harry Fenton says they 've not done anything like it before .
26 ‘ 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 . ’
27 And they have n't done anything in a , in a support group in that sense .
28 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 .
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