Example sentences of "it be any " in BNC.

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1 Had it been any night other than Wednesday , he would have staggered out .
2 Question : What do you say to suggestions made by the court that had it been any other man you would have simply warned them ?
3 People always blame the stranger when something like that happens — why should it be any different for me ?
4 On the other hand , would it be any safer crawling past the window , crossing fingers and sending up prayers ?
5 ‘ Would it be any help to tell me ? ’
6 How could it be any different 40 miles away ?
7 Will it be any easier for defendants to find witnesses who are prepared to come forward ?
8 I got no , I 've got no innate ability and if you try to teach me , would it be any use ? just a stupid example .
9 would it be any help for
10 ‘ Nor can it be any easier to decide if you prefer strolling the catwalk you abhor or sitting in the garden of the palazzo , sipping tea and talking with la Principessa . ’
11 If it were any bigger it would constitute a club . ’
12 as if it were any day .
13 And once the people have disappeared , it then becomes possible to manipulate the ‘ population ’ in your mind as if it were any other variable in a mathematical equation .
14 And once the people have disappeared , it then becomes possible to manipulate the ‘ population ’ in your mind as if it were any other variable in a mathematical equation .
15 Well I do n't remember it being any hassle for me .
16 It is no use us trying to clobber the economy with high taxation any more than it 's any use Lawson clobbering the economy with high interest rates …
17 He does n't think it 's any use just telling people things .
18 ‘ I do n't think it 's any of your business , Dr Penrose , ’ said Wilcox at last .
19 If it 's any comfort to you , he would n't have suffered much pain .
20 ‘ I do n't think it 's any use looking after old people unless you really care and really like old people . ’
21 FOOTNOTE : If it 's any comfort to Mel , his medic told us the toes of windscreen pirates get crushed at the rate of ONE A WEEK on the busy A4 London to Bath road .
22 It 's a bit of bad luck for you , getting entangled with a group of bastards , and if it 's any comfort to you , I 'll lay a pound to a penny that you 'll go free if there 's a trial . ’
23 ‘ Well , if it 's any consolation , it happens to us all !
24 Not that it 's any of your business . ’
25 ‘ Well , if it 's any comfort , I do n't think he 'll try again . ’
26 If it 's any good we 'll nick it and make a fortune , and if it ai n't … we 'll call you .
27 A If it 's any consolation , this is one of the most common cat problems .
28 And if it 's any consolation , I do n't think he shot Barak either .
29 You know I mean that 's basically what we want it 's any situation where people talk to each other , with some kind of agenda in mind .
30 I do n't think it 's any different .
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