Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] any [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | mm , oh do n't let me eat any more of these because there too sickly would n't you like a Jamaican rum truffle ? |
| 2 | At no time during the writing of The Snow-White Soliloquies did I make any conscious connection between its contents and anorexia nervosa . |
| 3 | I am writing a lot in my diary in mid and late May , but nowhere do I make any direct mention of the 13th . |
| 4 | Mm , do n't know , do I know any little girls ? |
| 5 | The event was not much talked about in the family ; it was too dreadful ; and I do n't suppose for a moment that Aunt Kate , then living abroad , would have wondered whether she , herself , might not have played a part in the sequence of events ; nor do I remember any such theory ever having been put forward or even thought of at the time . |
| 6 | Hunter ended his description with a comment on Maria and a hint as to his charges to Martin Van Butchell : ‘ This body … yet promises exceedingly well , nor do I see any great improvement to be made ; a number of experiments must be made before I embalm any other body , such as finding the exact proportion of moisture Paris Plaister will take up etc. but at present I know of no other Process at all useful and considering the trouble you must have during all these Processes now laid down , you ought not to undertake it under 100 Guineas . ’ |
| 7 | As well as heroic pieces for full orchestra , oboe , flutes , bassoon , euphonium and piano all had their moments , though only in one section , ‘ Distant Hills ’ , did I detect any specific Chinese influence . |
| 8 | Q Should I take any special precautions before allowing my guinea pig out onto the lawn this summer ? |
| 9 | Bartram s query regarding Kalm s American observations was dealt with : Miller had not seen whether Linnaeus had included them in his Species of plants , but mentioned that Kalm had published them himself ; ‘ in the Swedish language ; but as I do not understand it , so I have not been curious enough to send for the book , nor do I hear any good character of it . ’ |
| 10 | Do I have any additional qualities which would make me suitable ? |
| 11 | Do I have any other qualifications which might be an advantage ? |
| 12 | Do I have any other experience which might be helpful ? |
| 13 | I do not play golf , nor do I have any particular interest in the sport , so there was nothing I could teach Peter in the practical sense . |
| 14 | Ca n't I have any bleedin' peace ? ’ |
| 15 | Can I serve any more coffee ? |
| 16 | If the finest brains , with the best advice , do n't know , why should I pretend any more ? |
| 17 | Can I offer any more satisfactory explanation of the mystery of existence ? |
| 18 | This was just as well , because I must have looked pea green , and it did n't make me feel any better to watch Olive sitting up front chatting to the pilot and navigator , obviously having the time of her life . |
| 19 | My strap-watch said it was ten minutes off seven and that did n't make me feel any better . |
| 20 | That did n't make me feel any happier . |
| 21 | D' ya want any more ? |
| 22 | WHEN HE saw his hands in the light he flinched , and held them away from him , to avoid letting them touch any other part of his person or habit , for the right was engrained with drying blood across the palm and between the fingers , and the fingers of the left were dabbled at the tips , as if they had felt at stained clothing . |
| 23 | ‘ Ca n't you explain any better than that ? ’ |
| 24 | Could she think any other fees she might impose ? |
| 25 | ( d ) Can you make any important general observations , using your whole essay as an illustration or case study ? |
| 26 | Did you make any quantified ? |
| 27 | Would you make any conscious decision to move slightly down market or less up market ? |
| 28 | Do you want any fifty P's ? |
| 29 | ‘ Do you want any more champagne ? ’ |
| 30 | Do you want any more cake ? |