Example sentences of "it was [adv] [prep] any " in BNC.
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1 | But it was clearly to any one firm 's advantage if somewhere was elsewhere . |
2 | I thought it was just like any other party . |
3 | Not that it was so by any means , but it was the elbow-joint in the journey . |
4 | For various reasons , therefore , he moved to Jamaica and , although he returned to Barbados many times , it was never with any great enthusiasm for the place . |
5 | Now , Woolwich having won that litigation , the revenue asserts that it was never under any obligation to repay the money , and that it in fact repaid it only as a matter of grace . |
6 | absolute nonsense and he took an accolade for that , when in fact , it was never under any threat from European legislation , it was our own British Food Act , and that , our own interpretation of European war , that has brought the threat to us . |