Example sentences of "any [noun sg] [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wo n't give anybody any money you can go to the shop and buy what you basically need . |
| 2 | ‘ In any case you can shop in London any time you choose . ’ |
| 3 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 4 | He seemed to be trying to pull himself together and just as the bus appeared at the mouth of the square , he murmured : ‘ Do n't worry about Mama ; she will have understood what you were thinking , and in any case I can tell her if you 'd like . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now I 'm in the voucher scheme I feel safer knowing that the council has looked at the people it employs , and if there 's any difficulty I can go to Joan [ the manager ] . ’ |
| 6 | If he disagrees with any part he can have it rectified or removed by agreement or have his dissent recorded and his own version put alongside . |
| 7 | Without any hesitation we can say that God is the answer to all doubt and that the largest part of doubting comes simply from ignorance of what God has said and done . |
| 8 | With any luck we can straighten out Hyacinth , David Swan , the swine , and any other little local difficulties . ’ |
| 9 | After condemning the ‘ Baudelairean ’ atmosphere of the nineteenth century ( ‘ it is the triumph of romantic disorder ’ ) , and its cult of individual genius , Jacob goes on to stress the objectivity of modern poetry ( which is by contrast ‘ a universal poetry ’ ) and the fact that a work of art ‘ is of value in itself and not because of any confrontation one can make with reality ’ . |
| 10 | The vast majority of what are generally called well-educated persons in this country have , in the very process of their education , been impressed with the belief that metre is an arrangement of language which can be judged by the application of a mechanical test , and that the poet who produces a line which does not answer to the test is a fit subject for correction by any critic who can point out the discrepancy . |
| 11 | Any guidance you can give would be appreciated . |
| 12 | We write this so fully because we need and should value any guidance you can send us . |
| 13 | Any employee who can establish a claim in tort is therefore guaranteed to have the judgment met and not be defeated by an insolvent employer . |
| 14 | So when there is n't any wind you can use the thermal power stations instead . |
| 15 | We 've got our own trained police negotiators there at the scene talking to him , and also we have a doctor and a psychiatrist standing by for any assistance they can give us . |
| 16 | However , the power of any ad which can make consumers feel warm towards utility companies is not to be denied . |
| 17 | ‘ Have you got any string we can tie this up with , Billy ? ’ |
| 18 | From this , we may conclude that any process which can send impulses directly to the brain can be used to influence the physical body and the emotions . |
| 19 | At any moment it can switch to full-speed running . |
| 20 | I am almost tempted to produce some enormous prize for any bookseller who can furnish me with a list of the shortlisted titles , or even let me know if they have the winning title in stock : I feel confident that I would have no takers . |
| 21 | Any move which can save young lives while teaching irresponsible parents a lesson is fine by me . |
| 22 | A fortune awaits any engineer who can devise a way of transferring , in real time , a sequence of animation direct from a computer 's memory to video tape or film . |
| 23 | I can walk out or , and get erm , you know tonnes of any any shop I can get pornography that tells me that , or tell any man who chooses to buy that magazine that 's it okay to take a women even if she says no . |
| 24 | Every shop had its errand-boy , and meat , fish , green , grocery and almost any commodity you can think of could be delivered to the door . |
| 25 | With the current state of the UK economy and the level of unemployment any tool which can increase your chances of getting that perfect job must be well worth the money . |
| 26 | Anyway , any publicity you can give Autumnola in your paper would be very welcome . |
| 27 | We would be grateful for any publicity you can give to this event , including photographs . |
| 28 | The Mozart Guitar Players would like to hear from any charity who can organise a suitable venue for this concert . |
| 29 | yes , any colour you can think of , I mean erm , blue I think is one of the worse , but thinking of lampshades we used to sell a lot of er lampshades for putting on table lamps er and erm , we 'd have just about every colour and somebody would come along and say well erm have n't you got one in purple and of course I 'd refrain from saying thank god no I have n't |
| 30 | Is there any service I can give you ( honestly ) . |