Example sentences of "[conj] in any [noun] [pers pn] was " in BNC.

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1 Counsel for the appellants had attacked this finding because the patient had been an outpatient at a different hospital in the past and a practitioner there could have fulfilled this function ; and he submitted that in any case it was a duty of the hospital managers to find out if it was practicable to obtain the recommendation of a practitioner who had previous acquaintance with the patient : he relied on the form of the question ‘ explain why you could not get a recommendation from a medical practitioner who did know the patient ’ on the hospital admission application form .
2 Whereupon he made a further defensive remark that in any event it was now too late to effect any alterations .
3 Already his fingers were itching for a pencil , though he was n't allowed to draw yet , and in any case he was n't well enough .
4 He and Dinah together could make books that would be widely read in scholarly circles ; he would achieve recognition of a sort he had never had before ; in America they would know of no disgrace about him , and in any case he was now married .
5 Her ‘ usual stuff ’ had built them both a fabulous reputation and in any case he was n't too sure how she would take such a phrase .
6 He seemed to have changed his mind with suspicious ease , and in any case she was not at all used to this kind of treatment .
7 Maggie 's outrage at this callous remark was somewhat offset by the fact that he had rescued her , and in any case she was moving off to Ana who was sitting looking very shaky .
8 Workwise , the day was already a write-off and in any case she was eager to know what the girl had to say .
9 The police , most of whom I knew , because of the great help they had given us when we had been burgled a couple of years earlier , said no , they did n't have the key , and in any case it was the council who must be approached .
10 This concept , ‘ state socialism ’ , was however not properly socialist , and in any case it was inappropriate to modern conditions .
11 It was unlikely , because there were numerous Telfords in the phone book , and in any case it was something she 'd have to risk .
12 With his hand cool and firm on the back of her neck holding her head in place , she could hardly refuse , and in any case it was sensible advice .
13 The truth of the matter was that in the absence of relevant reliable information any global sum had to be determined in a somewhat arbitrary way , but in any case it was not intended that everybody should be paid the full value of their claims .
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