Example sentences of "[pron] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have I any choice ? ’ |
| 2 | Backstage , drying off with a towel , he asked : ‘ Was I any good ? ’ |
| 3 | Am I any good ? |
| 4 | We would swop our lights for theirs any day . |
| 5 | Just lack of food and bad temper coming together , which never did her any good . |
| 6 | It was not just that his career had suffered : he would have been an errand boy if it would have done her any good . |
| 7 | Anne : What about Mr Major has he actually done himself any good this week ? |
| 8 | ‘ Has nobody any ideas ? ’ |
| 9 | It could do nobody any good . |
| 10 | It 's an ill recession that blows nobody any good . |
| 11 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 12 | It 's an ill wind that blows nobody any good , thought Neil platitudinously , as a large bruiser pushed him against one of the pillars of the Haymarket Theatre — I might get my nose broken , but at least my virtue looks like remaining intact ! |
| 13 | Lizzie died , quietly and by herself , giving nobody any trouble . |
| 14 | He rises slowly , but then delivers a fierce tirade of Which any Sergeant Major would be proud . |
| 15 | My lords , save yourselves , there is nothing any man can do there . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It does no-one any good if there is a split between a section of supporters and the club . ’ |
| 17 | Nor had she any means of forming an independent judgment even if she had desired to do so . |
| 18 | Before you leave , double-check your bag has everything any marathon runner could ever need inside and as you arrive ( calm and collected , having not lost your temper with the public transport system ) do a little stretching and gentle jogging . |
| 19 | There was everything any guest could want . |
| 20 | Had we any famine ? |
| 21 | Nor have we any warning of his arrival . ’ |
| 22 | Have we any idea as to how much that may grow by over the next two or three years ? |
| 23 | Right , Item one , have we any apologies ? |
| 24 | Have we any clues ? |
| 25 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 26 | You can be a hot-shot driver and very quick and gutsy , but it does no one any good if all you can do when your car is n't performing is pull into the pits and say the car 's a pig . |
| 27 | Has no one any imagination ? |
| 28 | Has anybody any idea when that will be ? |
| 29 | Has anybody any idea how I could have unscribed without knowing it ? |
| 30 | ‘ Guilt never did anybody any good , did it ? ’ she asks across three thousand miles . |