Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A similar result may be achieved if the practitioner is able to use the cash accounting scheme , although he may thereby defer any input recovery if he does not pay his suppliers promptly . |
| 2 | If , while on his litter , the mirza should pass through a bazaar and see something which appeals to him ‘ he should not make any difficulty about the price , and ought not to buy like a common trader . ’ |
| 3 | Preferably he should not show any feelings ; almost the only one considered ‘ respectable ’ for male prisoners is anger . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , sometimes it goes too far — although I 've always said he must n't leave any marks that are too obvious . |
| 5 | But he 's got no idea whether he 'll ever get any money . |
| 6 | But he could n't make any sense of it . |
| 7 | He could n't make any sense of it at all . |
| 8 | He could n't make any sense of it . |
| 9 | A production environment that sought to minimize expense was not especially stimulating to creativity , and some idea of the cynicism involved is evident from the instruction given to Adrian Brunel by the bosses at MGM that he could n't make any improvements in the film he had made for them lest his cuts shorten the film below the act 's definition of a full-length picture . |
| 10 | Now that he was getting on in years he wanted to take things just that little bit easy , not see patient after patient , cramming in as many as possible , but space them out — eight , ten a day was enough — for with his practice so long established and his clientele so solid he could n't imagine any reason to fear blanks in his appointments book . |
| 11 | But he could n't see any opening locally to take up farming on his own . |
| 12 | Preston glanced guiltily towards the rug by the fire but he could n't see any stains , not from here at least . |
| 13 | She prayed that he could n't see any flesh . |
| 14 | He could n't afford any rumours getting out that he had deliberately destroyed the Hochhauser Company . |
| 15 | Still , he could n't take any risks . |
| 16 | He wanted to yell for joy but when he tried he could n't get any sound out . |
| 17 | He could n't have any regrets . |
| 18 | Also Keith thought he could n't have any children because he 'd been out with a girl for a year before I started going out with him and they did n't take any precautions and she never got pregnant . |
| 19 | He had n't counted on the opposition of Hugh de Tracy 's priestly brother , who should have been safely at home in his monastery , where he could n't cause any trouble . |
| 20 | Because Granby House was a listed building , the contractor eventually became exempt from this tax , but as he could not reclaim any VAT he had already paid to suppliers , he had to pass most of it on to the developer . |
| 21 | His reception by the sisters was heart-warming , and there was regret all round that he could not stay any time , that haste was vital . |
| 22 | He said he could not offer any explanation as to exactly what Mr McNeill meant by his remarks as that could prejudge his statements on Thursday . |
| 23 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 24 | Although he said he could not release any details about the inquiry 's scope , in general , if the CRE found there had been unlawful practices it would issue a ‘ non-discrimination notice ’ listing the changes to working methods a respondent must make . |
| 25 | Edberg sees the ball so early , hits it so sweetly and executes his shots so effectively , that one suspects that he could easily defy any West Indian or Australian pace attack . |
| 26 | Smith knew that Wilson was a socialist : that he could never admit any discrimination based on racial factors , and all the things that Smith abominated . |
| 27 | Busacher desperately wanted to go home and rest , but he dare n't let any rumours of his frailty get around . |
| 28 | She is affirming that delinquency is neither an inborn disposition nor something the child has contrived by himself ; that children learn to become delinquents by becoming members of groups in which delinquent conduct is already established and the ‘ thing to do ’ ; and that a child need not be ‘ different ’ from other children , that he need not have any twists or defects of personality or intelligence , in order to become a delinquent . |
| 29 | Finally , as an incipient autocrat , he would not tolerate any interference , or " mediation " , wherever it came from , but especially if it came from foreigners . |
| 30 | On Sunday afternoons , Mr. Russ took the Church Sunday School and he would not brook any boy not attending either his or some other Sunday School of another denomination . |