Example sentences of "[pers pn] be any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh you can income support but it 's not why should I be any different . |
| 2 | Anybody can write a biography about a nobody these days , why should Dick and I be any different ? |
| 3 | I 'll go back to London , I 'll move to a new district , I 'll start seeing Sophie on a regular basis , I 'll do my job as if I were any competent lawyer , and I 've come here alone , you bastard , so why do n't you do whatever you 've got in mind ? |
| 4 | ‘ If that gelding of yours is any good , I 'll put my hand in my pocket for him for Dolly . |
| 5 | ‘ I had no reason to think I was any different to any other child . |
| 6 | ‘ If I was any of those people , ’ Ellie concluded , ‘ I 'd want to be one on the steamer , would n't you , Mr O'Hara ? ’ |
| 7 | Boxing was the only sport I was any good at , but I often wondered , sitting with gloves on waiting for the fight before mine to end , why on earth I did it . |
| 8 | ‘ I never said I was any good at it , ’ I offered . |
| 9 | has she been any better this woman cos she was always on about her , and she said no , she said I went to higher authorities about it , is that it ? |
| 10 | The closest they came was in the mid-Eighties when their group , Trash , Flash And Money — ‘ straight down-the-line uninteresting Billy Idol rock music ’ — was signed to a development deal by Capitol records in America ( in a development deal they give you some money while they decide whether you are any cop after all ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Remember , my lady , if you are any man 's wife , you are mine ! |
| 12 | It 's just a race , after all — if you 're any good , you can wave your arms about while pulling a horse 's back teeth out and keep yourself out of the stewards ' room . |
| 13 | You know , it probably sounds weird , but after you 've been on the road all that time , you kind of forget whether you 're any good or not . |
| 14 | Oh , and I do n't suppose you 're any good at handling time either . |
| 15 | If you ever get to be a concert violinist , which I personally doubt , you 'll always wonder if people want you on the platform because of your looks or because you 're any good . ’ |
| 16 | I got to see if you 're any good . |
| 17 | Then , ‘ I do n't normally generalise about women , but your behaviour , ’ he told her , ‘ has n't done anything to convince me that you 're any different . ’ |
| 18 | Well it 's extremely simple and if you 're any good at digital electronics it should be an absolute doddle for you . |
| 19 | Because when all said and done if at the end of two days you do n't feel that you 're any better at making a presentation then when you started then why have you been here for two days . |
| 20 | ‘ So , what makes you think you 're any different from the rest of us ? ’ she grinned . |
| 21 | All the doctors , psychiatrists and groups I 'd been to so far for help had made me feel worse than ever : could she be any different ? |
| 22 | And would she be any better off than Miss Ernestine Baker , at the end of it , without Daniel ? |
| 23 | She had no appetite for it , but she must eat ; if she were any thinner she would disappear . |
| 24 | Those of you who know York will perhaps remember that you used to have to duck if you were any height at all to get underneath there , well you do n't now . |
| 25 | ‘ If you were any smaller , Red , you 'd pay for that ! ’ he threatened . |
| 26 | And scarcely half believe she 's any good in the kitchen . |
| 27 | ‘ I sometimes wonder if she 's any senses to come to . ’ |
| 28 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 29 | Oh by the way , I do n't think she 'll ever go out with you if she 's any taste at all . |
| 30 | She only wished she was any good at the game herself , which unfortunately she was n't . |