Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as we shall see , it is necessary to recognise several ‘ lesser ’ semantic roles besides the central one of being a semantic constituent , so that to deny semantic constituency to an element is not necessarily to deny it any semantic role whatsoever : the ‘ negative emotive force ’ can , in fact , be accommodated . |
| 2 | But we are given such a huge sweep from birth to incipient death that the movie never draws breath long enough to give us any depth or conflict . |
| 3 | So do you any kind of precaution to actua against that kind of thing happening ? |
| 4 | So have you any target for the amount of money you 'd like to raise ? |
| 5 | But she would not lend him any . |
| 6 | But we 're not handling them any better . |
| 7 | He 's not bringing me any supper . |
| 8 | I though oh bugger it I 'm not bringing it any more it 's getting too big . |
| 9 | ‘ They 're not using it any more so they 've said I can use it for canteen stuff . |
| 10 | Getting Nails into the team did not make him any nicer . |
| 11 | It has survived so long because abolishing it would have been more trouble than it was worth , but that does not make it any better in itself . |
| 12 | To know that a particular animal dance , or brightly coloured display , operates as a territorial device or as a sexual arousal mechanism does not make it any less beautiful . |
| 13 | To understand the function of bird-song does not make it any less enchanting . |
| 14 | Anticipating the problem does not make it any less likely to occur , but planning and preparing for it helps one to cope with it , and will emphasize that professional and consistent judgment has been exercised . |
| 15 | But that did not make it any easier to break the news . |
| 16 | The news of the morning broadcast had brought them all to this place , anticipating something like what they were now hearing , which did not make it any better . |
| 17 | But this does not make it any less true . |
| 18 | This realization does not make it any easier to accept that our own mercurial organ is the right size and shape for our body . |
| 19 | Offensive lack of cooperation may make the task of the constable more unpleasant , but it does not make it any more difficult than would a civilised refusal to help . |
| 20 | It does not make it any easier to do what we have to do , but it makes seeing what we have to do much clearer , because it then becomes obvious that Serbia has been the blatant aggressor in the war and that its aggression simply can not be tolerated by the international community . |
| 21 | The fact that this is happening so widely does not make it any less unwelcome , and I would like to express my own thanks to staff for their steadfastness and continuing hard work in these conditions . |
| 22 | The doctors and nurses knew too and just treated you any old way . |
| 23 | ‘ The manager has not given me any indication whether I will play but I am ready and it would be nice if I could . |
| 24 | It is understood doctors have not given him any timescale for the progress of the cancer . |
| 25 | McCann refused to be nominated ; he took the quite accurate view that the meeting had been called in order to incorporate the militants , attach the lustre of their achievements to a new , more moderate group of leaders and thus deny them any significant influence . |
| 26 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ Clinton spoke up , ‘ your nephew and his companion will be most welcome in our retinue but I can not promise you any success . ’ |
| 27 | They will not win you any prizes but , if you can manage to knit just one of them , you will be helping someone who really needs your help . |
| 28 | SHE had feared that she would not know him any more … that his 1,943 days of hell as a hostage would have left them strangers . |
| 29 | Since then the garage has been obliged to leave some of its cars on the lines because it can not display them any other way . |
| 30 | He is alone , but not lonely , Ari thought , and I do not pity him any more . |