Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] [be] any " in BNC.

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1 No them 's just the on the if there 'd not been any change to the croft and that there 'd still the old rent .
2 The event turned out in fact as successful as last year 's but there had not been any advantage in the February timing , .
3 After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in !
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 had n't been any time to find a new skivvy , and a skivvy was vital if the evening was to be a success .
6 There had n't been any cracks .
7 I had n't been any great shakes at boxing , but I 'd thought as a young man that I might be .
8 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 .
9 ‘ He 'd have killed her if there had n't been any blood .
10 We were told he might have got aggressive or moody but he had n't been any different from usual .
11 There had n't been any lapses in my security that I knew of .
12 His desire to devastate our residential sector and close seventeen homes will be thwarted somebody over there , it may have been Mr it may not have been , said that there had n't been any redundancies .
13 Well had n't been any for ages .
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