Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [verb] any [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I do n't think I made any expensive mistakes .
2 What makes you think I want any other fields than those right here in my home village ? ’
3 I did n't even know you kept any spare knickers at school !
4 You do n't feel you have any true friends ?
5 What is to happen and do you have any extra negotiating counters , such as your potential nuisance value as a dissident minority shareholder , which can assist you in persuading the company to be more generous ?
6 In a sense , we do not feel we have any direct competitor in Paris .
7 He waved to the bartender , knowing that he could n't expect her to make any coherent reply to such compliments .
8 I do not think she derived any great benefits from being ennobled , but obviously it was something she liked and sought and Harold Wilson could see little or no reason for not obliging her .
9 " I do n't think she needs any more treatment , " I said , I hesitated .
10 And I do n't want you taking any short cuts through the new Lab .
11 ‘ I … think I had better tell you what happened ; I would n't like you to entertain any wrong thoughts . ’
12 Do you think I would use you like any common slut ? ’
13 Although Mr Wallace agreed that a referendum call was potentially unifying , he said of the convention : ‘ I ca n't see it having any active role at the present time . ’
14 I would nt be particularly happy if Rocky was sold , one major reason being that I do nt think we need any more players right now .
15 Erm I do n't think we have any real difficulty with dealing with an extra erm as I calculate it around about fifty acres .
16 It is perfectly possible to conceive of different types of ontological individuals , but there is no such " principle of individuation " as might enable us to pronounce any given type as basic in an absolute sense .
17 Okay but they were f they were twenty awkward ones if they said right we 'll have you pick any twenty words you know and see if you can spell them you 'd get twenty out of twenty would n't you .
18 erm he did n't think they had any bilingual signs and they did n't have they were n't using their Portakabins so they scrapped them all last year sold them off .
19 And it was a young fellow who lives up Lane so I felt quite comfortable in saying I did n't think they had any young fellas who lived in Lane .
20 There may be two bystanders , but they really , you do n't think they made any particular difference to the way the conversation went , so you might pick out relationships in general , or topic , or something else , but pick out the things that you think being significant in the conversation , and describe them .
21 I do n't suppose you have any Scottish blood ? ’
22 She would have been at his mercy and she did n't suppose he had any such thing .
23 And then , that I did n't think he had any deep feelings , but he had .
24 But do I just that is I do n't think it makes any bloody difference , as far as that is .
25 There 's no point , I do n't think , in that kind of pretension to an absolute objectivity , and some of my colleagues in the department do , and I think that 's regrettable , and I do n't think it serves any useful function .
26 I do n't think it adds any greater restrictions to the existing policies .
27 A preliminary agenda is enclosed and perhaps , in your response , you will let me have any other items you wish to have included .
28 Off you go , and do n't let me hear any bad report of you in the future . ’
29 This should allow you to spot any incipient faults before they turn into a Christmas day blackout , and will also ensure that everything is safe and in good condition .
30 Do n't let her take any great amount of it .
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