Example sentences of "[prep] they any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quarrel would n't do either of them any good with the Establishment Department , but he thought he knew which one it would harm most . |
| 2 | None of 'em any good . ’ |
| 3 | These would be pushed away by the radiation from the Sun , taking with them any payload attached to them . |
| 4 | she said in Germany , I said no I said I can walk into them any moment |
| 5 | Reference was made in the course of the argument to a number of Commonwealth and American decisions , but I have not found in them any reasoning persuasive of a view contrary to that which I have formed in the light of the English and Scottish authorities . |
| 6 | Newspaper correspondents and representatives of the Ministry of Information were frequent visitors to Burma , and we did our best to give them what news we had , to tell them about government hopes and plans , and to extract from them any news and wisdom they had to give us . |
| 7 | The belly was covered in long piercing spikes , and I was going to fall on them any minute , and thousands of spikes would plunge into me — puncture me , penetrate my flesh — and out would pour my life 's blood , red and sticky , all down my body and down the elephant 's body and streakily into the waters of the pond . |