Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] [be] any [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll never be any use to anyone else , ’ she wept . |
| 2 | [ Philip Leapor ] informs me she was always fond of reading every thing that came in her way , as soon as she was capable of it ; and that when she and learnt to write tolerably , which , as he remembers , was at about ten or eleven Years old , She would often be scribbling , and sometimes in Rhyme ; which her Mother was at first pleas 'd with : But finding this Humour increase upon her as she grew up , when she thought her capable of more profitable Employment , she endeavour 'd to break her of it ; and that he likewise , having no Taste for Poetry , and not imagining it could ever be any Advantage to her , join 'd in the same Design : But finding it impossible to alter her natural Inclination , he had of late desisted , and left her more at Liberty |
| 3 | ‘ Because , ’ says Phil , ‘ if we did n't have a universe to create and run , and a nice lot of trouble to sort out , there would n't be any point to our existence . |
| 4 | If I do n't go along with Roman I could well land in gaol , and I would n't be any good to anyone behind bars , would I ? |
| 5 | erm yes it should be okay perhaps you know if obviously if one bedroom a box room would n't be any good to us but that would be consider that |
| 6 | It would n't be any bother to me , if you |
| 7 | Now again it 's very difficult to say because jogging will not be any good to you unless you 're in the right condition to do jogging and unless you 've got the right conditions to jog . |
| 8 | We also have a a budgeting process er for the er for the firm 's year and we 're right in the throes of that right now for next year for ninety four , ninety five but it wo n't be any surprise to you that the recession er hit the office like any other business or the businesses that you go and see , er quite significantly , er the businesses that we 've been looking after , they 've stopped investing , they 've stopped looking at I T issues and have become very cautious and they 've basically taken stock as to where their position is . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's a damned disgrace and wo n't be any help to pensioners like myself , ’ Mrs Bryce , 81 , said after watching the Chancellor 's speech at her flat in Dalry , Edinburgh . |
| 10 | she wo n't be any use to anyway ! |