Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] not [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pledge not to buy any products made from tropical hardwoods . |
| 2 | ‘ I try not to show any favouritism to the horses , ’ says John . |
| 3 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 4 | If you embark on using someone as your detective who is immensely superior to yourself either intellectually or in the social scale ( and by that I do not mean any conventional listing of dukes , earls , barons and honourables ) you will be heading for trouble when you try to have the sort of insights for them that they would naturally have . |
| 5 | I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter , nor do I shirk any responsibility for the actions taken by my officials or for the way in which the Parliamentary Under-Secretary handled the case . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I do not feel any mercy for the IRA . |
| 7 | So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep . |
| 8 | ‘ What I meant to say is , I do not feel any animosity to you , signorina . ’ |
| 9 | I do not want any criticisms that we may have of some home owners or some trends to detract from that important fact . |
| 10 | I do not make any apology for accepting that single millionaires will be at an advantage in that situation , but the millions of people on lowish incomes , particularly the retired , will be penalised most . |
| 11 | I do not make any award for the sums claimed from disposable income for her employment during the said , the alleged year off , since I 'm not satisfied she would have had a year off , or would have had any disposable income even if she had taken that year . |
| 12 | ‘ I do not think any publisher has given any journalist that chance before in the United Kingdom . ’ |
| 13 | I do not think any of today 's major religions have this as their central theme , although it may be found in religions of the past , and in various modern cults and sects . |
| 14 | I am perfectly certain , indeed I do not think any one can doubt this , that our Party on the old lines will never have any future again in this country . " |
| 15 | But I do not think any traveller has ever been in a worse situation than I was then . |
| 16 | ‘ I do not think any of us be the same , ’ said Heinrich , frowning . |
| 17 | Certainly , I do not pretend any scholarly disinterest with this book . |
| 18 | I do not possess any pornographic publications or pictures of couples in lubricious postures , though I am aware that they exist to an ever more proliferating degree , and I have seen these things in Robert 's room and in my agent 's office . |
| 19 | I do not understand any accurate meaning that can be ascribed to such an expression as " quasi-arbitrator " . |
| 20 | I do not put any weight on the sleeves . |
| 21 | I do not use any anti-fungus agents ; the occasional fungused eggs are removed as required . |
| 22 | I must add here that I do not use any ready-made greens as I prefer to mix my own colours : azo yellow light , cadmium yellow medium , and titanium white mixed with my blues for this , with the addition of burnt sienna , yellow ochre and Vandyke brown for the earth colours . |
| 23 | Second , I do not accept any version of the resemblance doctrine . |
| 24 | I do not remember any of the questions or answers , but I came away captivated by his personality , amazed by the endearing quality he radiated , a humour and charm utterly unexpected . |
| 25 | I saw that the wing commander engineering , who also was a pilot ( but in those days they did an engineering course as we had no Engineering Officers , at least I do not remember any ) opened his window in the office and climbed out . |
| 26 | I do not know any other way to express it . |
| 27 | However , I do not know any other human being who believes this to be possible in principle . |
| 28 | I do not know any more cheering mark of the increased philanthropy of our own times , than to contrast our domestic architecture with that of our ancestors , and to see how much better servants and poor are cared for at present . |
| 29 | I do not know any other politician or statesman who would have acted with such speedy decision without stopping to think of the possible consequences to himself or what people might think about his intervention on behalf of an alleged terrorist . |
| 30 | I do not know any social class which lives so completely without ideas of any kind … |