Example sentences of "been any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've played a lot of these poker games in my time as a computer own , and none of them have been any cop ( especially bad was Maria Whittaker 's Christmas Box ) . |
| 2 | Yet there had never been any reserve in her , bearing towards him on that account . |
| 3 | Had there been any sign of their ill-treating her he would have gone straight at them , hopelessly , with his knife alone . |
| 4 | ‘ Never been any sign of them , but I never swim far out anyway . ’ |
| 5 | But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ? |
| 6 | ‘ There 's never been any shortage of pocket money in this house . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should n't think there have been any shortage of women in your life who would have been delighted to make a home for you anywhere in the world ! ’ she told him waspishly , disliking the way he was making her feel a little sorry for him . |
| 8 | There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their old age : they had given up a lot for her , she said , and that was how she could repay them . |
| 9 | Clint : ‘ There 's never been any doubt for us right form the first time we came over . |
| 10 | ‘ There she is ! ’ cried her father , as if there had ever been any doubt about her arrival . |
| 11 | There had never been any doubt between them that the University of Glasgow would accept Paul , and this happened in time for him to make his arrangements ; but meanwhile there was something else . |
| 12 | There had never been any doubt in my own mind . |
| 13 | League secretary Mike Foster said : ‘ There 's been a little bit of manoeuvring — but there has never been any doubt that it was going to be signed . ’ |
| 14 | But if there had been any doubt in my mind it would have been immediately resolved by my first breath of the crisp , tangy air . |
| 15 | In this generation there has not been any doubt about his identity . |
| 16 | THERE could n't have been any doubt of ’ innovative thinking after managing director presented this packet of breakfast cereal at the Financial Times Food & Drink Conference in March . |
| 17 | No , not at all , no I if there 'd been any doubt then I would n't have played , but erm no doubt at all . |
| 18 | In case anyone is wondering why there has n't been any coverage of LASMO 's tournament-winning broomball team recently , it 's because there is no ice on the Broadgate rink . |
| 19 | If there had been any money in the first place . |
| 20 | Has there been any kind of surprise of the amount of support that you have got ? |
| 21 | ‘ I hope there has n't been any kind of trouble , ’ she said , watching the policemen disappear up the path . |
| 22 | ‘ There 's never been any kind of attraction between me and To — ’ She stopped , seeing the darkness in his eyes and understanding it . |
| 23 | If there 'd been any evidence to link the death to anyone connected with the Jonquil the police would have found it by now . |
| 24 | The department of health has been recommending early penicillin treatment in meningitis cases since nineteen eighty eight , but there 's never been any evidence that it works , until now . |
| 25 | There 's never been any communism in Russia communism in China . |
| 26 | Nor has there been any discussion of the growing requirement in the UK ( as elsewhere ) to carry out an environmental impact assessment for all major developments . |
| 27 | Well who needs it and why is it necessary to have an international women 's day and has there been any progress in the women 's movement . |
| 28 | He had kept on and on about those keys , although she had been deaf to his insistence ; he had come several miles to catch her at home and seize a chance to rifle her bag for them ; if there had been any purpose to the meeting at the Old Mitre it might have been to get the keys . |
| 29 | This meant that the scope for comparing establishment behaviour over time , which would provide some indication of whether there has been any increase in the use of temporary workers [ see Chapter 7 ] , was rather limited . |
| 30 | We looked at the industrial distribution of " users " , at whether there had been any increase in their numbers since 1980 and at differences between user and non-user establishments in terms of their size , output , performance , industrial relations and labour force characteristics . |