Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv] [vb infin] any " in BNC.

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1 I think they told they did n't have any money for it .
2 Even when Allen came on and scored it did n't make any difference .
3 " But it seemed he did n't want any responsibility for any military action , even while out of the country , " said Habib Olahi later .
4 Inevitably a feeling of despair enveloped him and he began to feel quite helpless ; his heart was in his studies and he knew that if he could manage financially he could achieve his academic rewards , but the insufficient amounts of money his father allowed him did n't permit any freedom to relax after his studies had ended .
5 By the time we got her address and tracked her down to some miserable tower block in Hackney , discovered she did n't know any English and found someone who could speak Gujarati , it was late afternoon . ’
6 I suddenly decided I did n't see any point in submitting them , I said .
7 It meant I did n't have any kind of mental kink or a leper-complex or anything strange .
8 I just meant I do n't have any to fritter on shopping for the sake of it . ’
9 Well I did n't know how to get rid of , you know I thought I do n't get any more , that 's it .
10 I was the prime suspect this time because of the Golden Syrup job , and although I knew she did n't have any proof , nothing I said made any difference .
11 ‘ I thought you did n't have any ? ’
12 ‘ I know you insisted you did n't need any money , but I 'm sure that is n't really the case .
13 That 's where I went they did n't have any .
14 I did not struggle , and spoke politely to him , although I knew he did not understand any of my languages .
15 He knew he did n't have any choice .
16 She knew it did n't make any sense , not after she had spent most of the day wishing she were a thousand miles away from Julius , but she suddenly felt rather desperately in need of human company — even Julius 's .
17 I thought he did n't have any sockies on .
18 So she thought he did n't know any history , did she ?
19 Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory .
20 No I did I did n't get any homework yesterday .
21 They 'd write a poem for her about my greatest fear , I said I remember last year there was a boy called Ali and he wrote a story about a poem about this bird and cos he was really scared of that and so I said I do n't suppose any of you will write about being scared of me except perhaps Adine !
22 But I just said I do n't want any applause for this at all , I feel that every pensioner , every pensioner should sign it whether they belong to the association or not .
23 old said I do n't want any of the lads going in with the girls
24 Oh Margaret had some the other day , she said do you want a bit of this cheese , it 's green , it 's some , it 's some green , I said I do n't want any of that
25 but she sold her house in Jersey , her husband retires in July , the school break , and erm and she said I 've got some good , er when I got home from wherever I 'd been , Rudy left me a note to say phone Val good news and I thought it were her back was good news , but she said no me medical problems were not good news , they dare n't operate cos me back 's in such a state and they have n't give her much hope for anything apart from a wheelchair sort of thing , later on in life and erm , but she said that I 've got a bit of good news I 've sold me house so I said ooh lovely , so she said I do n't know any more but I ring you and let you know , the next night she phoned me back , she said yeah me house has gone they got two hundred and twenty thousand for it , they wanted them out a week on Thursday
26 ‘ I thought you said you did n't want any senior involvement ? ’
27 ‘ I thought you said you did n't have any friends , apart from … ’
28 She said she did not want any fuss , that she was fine , and everyone over there has been marvellous . ’
29 She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town .
30 Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems .
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