Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
| 2 | Its opponents included 105 Republicans led by the House Minority Whip , Newt Gingrich , most of whom opposed any increases in taxation , while the Democrats opposed cuts in benefits and services . |
| 3 | Despite Knox 's fulminations against ‘ that cruel tyrant and unmerciful hypocrite ’ , the archbishop of St Andrews , and the ‘ woman born to dissemble and deceive ’ , Mary of Guise , it was in fact an act quite out of character of both archbishop and regent , neither of whom showed any taste for persecution . |
| 4 | A nineteen-year-old Coventry woman who disowned any interest in feminism or politics — " I 'm just a fun girl , " — said she could never remember anybody talking about " the clitoris or orgasms ' . |
| 5 | The content of the output produced is the result of the skill and effort of the person using the computer and the skill and effort of the person who wrote the computer program and/or the person who produced any database used . |
| 6 | Those who lived any distance from the factory were collected in the morning and taken home at night . |
| 7 | But let me return to the question that is of genuine interest , this question we so enjoyed debating when our evenings were not spoilt by chatter from those who lacked any fundamental understanding of the profession ; that is to say , the question ‘ what is a great butler ’ ? |
| 8 | A consequence of this accommodation was , as Layton puts it , that ‘ the application of science to everyday life had ( by the 1870s ) disappeared … the learner [ of course only those learners who experienced any science teaching at all — M.Y . ] |
| 9 | All AE 's immediately turned to stare at one of their number a poker-faced young man , who described any client who would n't buy from him as a " cunt " even scribbling comments to that effect on the client record cards . |
| 10 | By contrast , the 1987 intake included a mere nineteen MPs who were farmers or landowners , and only twenty-four who listed any kind of field sports as a recreation , a far cry from the party of thirty years earlier . |
| 11 | It was not only the tradesmen and merchants but the Lord Chancellor who opposed any bill which tried to remedy defects in the Lords ' Act . |
| 12 | In 1890 , Beatrice Webb referred caustically to ‘ individualists , reinforced by a batch of excellent ladies ( eager for the Right of Woman to work at all hours of the day and night with the minimum space and sanitation ) ’ who opposed any attempt to regulate conditions in workshops and the homework trades . |
| 13 | The introduction of Gary Freeman , a former Castleford player , helped settle the tourists , who prevented any home score in the second half . |
| 14 | The officers are also anxious to hear from people who noticed any suspicious strangers seeking rented accommodation in the Deal area during the last 18 months . |
| 15 | He was a brilliant man who had a great deal of influence — in fact , he was one of the few doges who wielded any real authority . |
| 16 | Zach was the only one who showed any real talent and he was more of a performer than an actor . |
| 17 | To soften the blow I said it was only because I was held in such high esteem in the football world that I had to get rid of any player or , as in his case , friend , who showed any sign of being a no-hoper . |
| 18 | The rugged David McIvor — at No8 on the Scottish scrum feed but on the flank on France 's — was the one man who showed any real propensity for knocking men back in the tackle . |
| 19 | Thus , a litigant who claimed any form of injunction had an unfettered right of appeal . |
| 20 | Capped employees include those who are members of schemes set up after the 1989 Budget or who joined any final salary scheme after 1 June 1989 . |
| 21 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 22 | LIFESPAN users who submitted any SPR to which the SSR responds |
| 23 | All LIFESPAN users who submitted any newly referenced SPRs will be informed about the SSR via the Mail System , unless the SPR and SSR submitters are the same user . |
| 24 | There was at least a sufficiency of migrant Italian house and garden servants , who rendered any conventional mother 's help more than redundant . |
| 25 | But both decisions were at the request of the race organizers who felt any cancellation or withdrawal may have resulted in a mass exodus of spectators from the circuit which would have hindered rescue operations . |
| 26 | ( Members who attended any of the events will automatically be sent copies ) . |
| 27 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 28 | Few , if any , of them had sons or relatives who took any part in it . |
| 29 | In this room , the marshal was the only one who gave any indication that she valued Susan above the worth of her Public Service . |
| 30 | He said this meant no more votes for those who supported any paramilitary organisation , no more safe houses , no more slogans of support on gable walls , footpaths and even schoolbags . |