Example sentences of "[vb infin] done any " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think they could have done any more than they did . |
| 2 | ‘ I was very active and do n't think I could have done any more . ’ |
| 3 | Just instinct , because I had my painting clothes on and a bit of water would n't have done any harm . |
| 4 | I could n't have done any of the things I did without her . " |
| 5 | Not that it would have done any good . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , but I 'm sure I would n't have done any such thing . |
| 7 | " You could n't have done any more , and I really am grateful . " |
| 8 | and that it was er er obviously going to be a cost-effective exercise to do it there and then , and er you both er canvassed as many councillors as you could at the time , all the committee Chairmen were , were involved , I do n't see that you could have done any more in the circumstances . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't have done any speculating at all , ’ she informed him in a trembling voice , ‘ if you could bring yourself to be honest with me ! ’ |
| 10 | He was fond of saying that he could not have done any of it without June , and this was undoubtedly true . |
| 11 | Entrants must be aged 16 to 25 , and must not have done any professional modelling or have an existing portfolio . |
| 12 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 13 | ‘ Those 13 players could not have done any more . |
| 14 | But they were willing to let us play on it because croquet would n't have done any real harm . |
| 15 | So I think caution is erm very important in buying a computer , and if you wait a couple of months erm you wo n't have done any harm , because something newer and more beautiful is always on the way . |