Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] n't [be] any [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be . |
| 2 | And the letter is tells me basically that they 've not been able to find out what the cause of the explosion was , and that there has n't been any further explosion since . |
| 3 | There was no doubt in his mind that they would break in , since there had n't been any failed revolutions on the island during his time . |
| 4 | Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off . |
| 5 | ‘ There are still occasional reports of green recycling bags going for disposal with the rest of the office refuse , and we are certainly not catching anywhere near all the potentially recyclable paper that is being thrown out , ’ commented environmental engineer Andrew Ollevant , ‘ but there have n't been any serious hiccups in getting the scheme established . ’ |
| 6 | There have n't been any other erm any other areas er , of complaint with er |
| 7 | There have n't been any major er , examples of er , bed blocking in , in the , in the county , so that part of it seems to have worked er , smoothly . |
| 8 | Oh well that was lucky cos there have n't been any more |
| 9 | ‘ It has n't been any good for you , ’ her mother looked about to be certain Joseph was not with earshot even thought he had just gone off to fish in the lake , ‘ all this … ’ she added , unnecessarily , casting an accusing look in the direction of the inn parlour . |
| 10 | , I was going to get you trimmed this week , but it has n't been any warm weather has it , you would n't want your coat off , no . |
| 11 | We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual . |