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 . |