Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 2 | I mean I had n't any worries . |
| 3 | Hope you have n't any objection . |
| 4 | and how he 'd seen prison and er they 'd said they had n't any prisons but he found one and erm hospitals and all that sort of thing and at the end of the week 's visit erm one of the very high ups , whom he named and I 've forgotten the name of him , I think I 'll just use that , thank you erm sent for h he , he was brought before him as it were and the man said to him are there any questions er at the end of your week that you want to ask and he said well perhaps there is one he said erm Winston Churchill was here erm a month or two , a few months ago |
| 5 | They 'll simply think you have n't any clout . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't want you to wipe out any of my debts — on the contrary . |
| 7 | If , at the end of this year , the total funds — I reckon those to be £44 million , but that figure may not be quite accurate — are underspent , will my hon. Friend advertise for people who , from 1989 to 1991 , did not receive their full allocation and allow anyone , including my constituents , to apply to help them use up any unused balance ? |
| 8 | Give them a really good soak in aquarium disinfectant before you add them to kill off any fungi which may be present . |
| 9 | He claimed he had n't any but he jolly well had ! |
| 10 | Just tell me to shut up any time you like . |
| 11 | This will enable them to point out any of your obvious failings ( you do n't need to be a professional counsellor to realize when someone is mumbling or unprepared for certain questions ) . |
| 12 | Who told reporters : ‘ You wo n't have me to kick around any more ’ ? |
| 13 | You criticized the 150dpi clip-art and missed the import filters which allow you to use almost any other artwork of your choice in a wide variety of formats . |
| 14 | In theory , it can be served a ’ section 114 ’ report , which prevents it taking on any new , uncontracted expenditure . |
| 15 | If there are any leftover squares , use them to fill in any gaps . |
| 16 | She knew she had n't any choice anyhow but to agree . |
| 17 | I — I somehow thought you had n't any , like me , you know . ’ |
| 18 | If any of them hinted afterwards that his wife might not be thrilled at seeing them again , he 'd say , ‘ You can tell her to bugger off any time . ’ |
| 19 | You remember the American astronauts , how they went to the moon and came back totally changed by looking at the earth and seeing it like just any old planet all small and a long way away ? |
| 20 | Local authorities will be given a ‘ general power of competence ’ , which will allow them to carry out any beneficial local action which neither duplicates the work of other public bodies nor breaks the law . |
| 21 | F—in' red wine on the carpet , that was bad , white wine on the walls so you get like a nice green tinge and they 'd been sick and broken the toilet seat and they 'd shit in the toilet and not flush it , fags in the coffee cups , I do n't let them come round any more … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Did you pick up any readings on the outer building ? ’ she asked , removing the Geiger-Muller counter from the holdall he had brought with him . |
| 23 | Bureaux de Change operators Travelex — with booths at airports and ferry terminals — will let you change back any currency you bring back home with you at the rate you bought at if the markets move against you . |
| 24 | She said she had n't any but they would n't listen . |
| 25 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 26 | She had not appeared to be surprised when he told her what he intended to do , nor had she put up any resistance . |
| 27 | He told me how he 'd been conned three times that week by people who took ten-quid rides , then said they had n't any cash but offered to leave a watch with him while they went inside ( usually a block of flats ) to get some dosh . |
| 28 | So , when the needle moves away , you first aim is to try to stop it moving away any more by means of these very small heading changes . |
| 29 | Does he rule out any constitutional change ? |
| 30 | ‘ Have you dug up any further information on the SAS captain ? ’ |