Example sentences of "he [be] [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ca n't he be of any help at all ? ’ |
| 2 | Samuel Whitbread came in for special praise ; he was ‘ essentially useful to all with whom he is in any way connected , resolute and firm … of energetic character … ’ . |
| 3 | I wonder if he is in any way related to the Paul Hamlyn ? |
| 4 | And are we to think that this loving God really wants us to linger on in pain and without dignity when , according to the same dogma , He is in any case calling us to a better life ? |
| 5 | In the morning , he was without any memory of the night before . |
| 6 | Do you think he was under any pressure from any source — financial , from relatives , from the staff ? |
| 7 | But he was in any event fascinated by his childhood and adolescence , and by the time he died this juvenile field had been fruitfully tilled and probably exhausted . |
| 8 | One month later Glassford was reported to be completing the work of preparing nominal votes , and in this his lawyer , who lacked experience in such matters , was being helped by the agent of Lord Dundas , who clearly considered him still an ally , but on August 6th , Glassford removed such illusions by making it quite plain that he meant what he had said about his price for support , and denied that he was in any way pledged to Lord Dundas : |
| 9 | Not that he was in any way merry — I 'd merely triggered off his own insomniac hysteria and his laughter quickly subsided into a sort of drained whimpering . |
| 10 | Although Winter said nothing there was no evidence he was in any way party to events . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ There was no intimation from his doctor he was in any way suicidal . ’ |
| 12 | He was in any case eclipsed — they all were — by the presence of Dinah herself , strong and compelling as when she swept on to any stage . |
| 13 | He was in any case always an innovator . |
| 14 | He was in any case visibly touched that I should have gone to the lengths of copying the essay ; but in those days no other method of putting him in possession of it was available . |
| 15 | But it is to be noticed that in our problem the telegraphing business was started not by B but by A. B may have sent his counter-offer by telegram simply out of politeness , and not because he was in any hurry . |