Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] any [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If 'e 'd been any bigger , she 'd have had a bad time . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know what I 'd have done if you 'd been any later — the girls are getting terribly impatient . ’ |
| 3 | If you had been any any where else on the hill you 'd have , would n't have a chance cos you could n't , you could n't follow the track that they they di they followed the day before . |
| 4 | While we know of certain special cases ( the sonnets of Michelangelo to Tommaso Cavalieri , for instance ) , it is now clear that this was not at all customary , and that the imputation of homosexuality in the Renaissance could have as destructive an effect on a man 's life as it has had until recently ( if , indeed , there has been any real change of English attitudes in these supposedly liberal times ) . |
| 5 | Eta ( 3.9 ) , in the Y , was ranked as of the second magnitude in ancient times , but as it is an A-type star it is not likely that there has been any real change in it . |
| 6 | It is rather more doubtful whether there has been any substantial revision of the opposed theory , of the state as a welfare system and an authentic embodiment of the ‘ general will ’ , in order to take account of real inequalities of political power or the existence , throughout history , of evidently repressive regimes . |
| 7 | In any event it will probably be relevant in most cases for the Industrial Tribunal to ask itself whether there has been any substantial fault on the part of the employee or his adviser which has led to the failure to comply with the statutory time limit |
| 8 | Thus a focus on the emotional dimensions of relationships — whether on feelings of affection or feelings of duty — tends to suggest that if there has been any discernible change in a single direction over time , it has been an increase rather than a decrease in the significance of the feelings which people have for their relatives . |
| 9 | It would certainly be unwise to argue that in this respect there has been any fundamental change in personnel practices in recent years . |
| 10 | whether there has been any significant change in the industrial distribution of new businesses and |
| 11 | As and when this happens an addenda note will be inserted in information packs as they are sent out , but it will be wise to check with Professional Ethics ( address and telephone number in Part IV ) if there has been any considerable lapse of time between receiving your pack and applying for registration , if your profession/regulatory body is not on the list in your pack . |
| 12 | Keir enquired whether there 'd been any other media interest in MVTR . |
| 13 | If there 'd been any more trouble , we would just have drawn our staffs and knocked all hell out of them . |
| 14 | This was the first time they 'd been out together since the alleged phone-calls , and if there 'd been any more since then she had n't mentioned it . |
| 15 | Any new drug in Britain is , every year the G P who 's prescribing that for you gets a letter from a centre down in Southampton to ask if there 've been any adverse reactions . |
| 16 | Although the CEGB immediately denied that there had been any unreported incident at the power station , the effect of the health authority report was electric . |
| 17 | The unrest was taken sufficiently seriously to prompt vigorous attempts by senior members of the government to dampen this constant speculation about the leadership : for example , Sir Geoffrey Howe , among others , publicly denied that there had been any Cabinet-level discussion about the Prime Minister standing down . |
| 18 | Geneva was the centre of the terrorist trade , it was the one place where Duncan would find out if there had been any international involvement in the kidnap . |
| 19 | I asked Clem if there had been any other jingle sessions where he 'd had to recreate an original . |
| 20 | Surely she 'd have noticed if there had been any other forced entry . |
| 21 | They did n't ask if there had been any strange behaviour patterns , difficulties with school work , or inexplicable changes in the usual conduct of any of the children . |
| 22 | French relief workers claimed that the Djibouti government and French army officers stationed in Djibouti had sent back a group of refugees across the border into an inhospitable desert region of Ethiopia on June 2 ; however , the French Foreign Ministry denied that there had been any forcible expulsions from Djibouti . |
| 23 | If there had been any last doubts in Pascoe 's mind about whether Charlie Singer might be Zeno , Singer 's tone of voice would have dispelled them . |
| 24 | The Prime Minister has again denied that there had been any direct British assistance to the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia . |
| 25 | The Court of Appeal held that the evidence did not establish that there had been any direct procurement by the defendants of any wrongful acts by the drivers or loaders or that the latter had committed any wrongful acts ; also that there was no evidence of any actual knowledge by the defendants of any contract between Bowaters and the plaintiffs . |
| 26 | Israel initially refused to comment on the report but it was finally confirmed on Dec. 28 by Arens who denied that there had been any direct contact with Iran . |
| 27 | He is unlikely to be satisfied with an offer to re-run the reselection procedure if it can be proved that there have been any serious breaches of the party 's rules . |
| 28 | Let us assume that someone , speaking of George , utters : ( 10 ) he certainly did n't make the comments audible On the assumption that the adjective is here a predicate qualifier , George is innocent of responsibility for the comments which were audible , if indeed there have been any such remarks at all . |
| 29 | erm The other expedient which he suggested , so far as I know , although I do n't believe there 's been any sociological research into this , is that people should become more tolerant of adultery , and that occasional adventures should be able to be reconciled with monogamous marriage . |
| 30 | Could they have been any worse , do you think ? ’ |