Example sentences of "[prep] any [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 What a pity Roman did n't take after any of them , she thought privately , smiling as Christian reached out a rather sticky little hand and tugged the poppy-flowered silk sleeve of her sheath-dress , and then caught at the heavy blonde plait at her nape .
2 All you could see of any of them was a pair of very pink ears sticking out behind old copies of the Woman 's Own .
3 Why they should be so flinching on this score is beyond me , but let me assure Ed that I 'm note remotely intolerant of any of them , only surprised and amused that its mention should matter to them so much .
4 Whoever heard of any of them being groomed by a fashion editor and strapped into toning pinks for a photo call ?
5 Already the whole class had begun to warm towards Miss Honey , although as yet she had hardly taken any notice of any of them except Matilda .
6 Ann had never heard of any of them , and refused to be interested in a genre which she dismissed contemptuously as ‘ fairy tales ’ .
7 In what follows , I shall not reproduce the details of any of them , but proceed more generally and schematically .
8 ( 3 ) The Director may by notice in writing require the person under investigation or any other person to produce at such place as may be specified in the notice and either forthwith or at such time as may be so specified any specified documents which appear to the Director to relate to any matter relevant to the investigation or any documents of a specified description which appear to him so to relate ; and — ( a ) if any such documents are produced , the Director may — ( i ) take copies or extracts from them ; ( ii ) require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them ; ( b ) if any such documents are not produced , the Director may require the person who was required to produce them to state , to the best of his knowledge and belief , where they are .
9 He went without a sight of any of them for a year .
10 He wants to know , for example , the risk among 100 people aged over 80 of any of them needing care over the next five years — because a carer dies , they have a stroke , or they develop dementia .
11 There had been two Argentine naval officers , one on the tug and the other on the Santa Maria , and he had seen at least six crew , but he did not know the names of any of them .
12 The object of ( b ) is to require delivery of the accounts of an unlimited company if two or more limited companies would , if they had been a single entity , have been the parent of the unlimited company under the criteria in section 258 , although technically the unlimited company is not a subsidiary of any of them .
13 Then put the thrillers on one side , and after a week see what you can remember of any of them .
14 Their total vote of 1,510 was 600 votes short of Conaty ( Independent ) with 2134 , and no amount of vote transfer between them could have postponed the elimination of any of them until after Conaty .
15 He was n't frightened of any of them .
16 Greg had never heard of any of them .
17 But he strikes me as being the best of any of them .
18 Think of any of them and it is probable that they will be static , caught like a photograph in a position that somehow typifies them .
19 This holds that , far from being the innovative genius his champions claim , Lloyd Webber has artfully fashioned a kind of ersatz music from echoes of Puccini , Rodgers and Hammerstein , and the Beatles , but which lacks the uniqueness of any of them .
20 The risks are thought to be very small : ( 1 ) because the balance of the natural environment is primarily controlled by the species already present which appear to operate to the detriment of new introductions ; and ( 2 ) because in new releases of microorganisms to date , all very closely monitored , there has been no evidence of any of them getting out of control or adversely affecting the environment .
21 Its Charter was unaffected , the range of its subject interests was in any case growing , and the basic nature of its validation relationships with colleges was not affected in the short term by the designation of any of them as polytechnics .
22 There were many famous examples , but little is left of any of them except in such cities as Rhodes , where some twentieth century excavations and restoration have been carried out .
23 Eight hours ago he had never heard of any of them , now he was thinking of them by their first names : Francis , Edwin , Beryl , Anna , Cathy …
24 If the vendor has elected to waive the exemption from VAT under para 2 Sch 6A VAT Act 1983 in respect of any of them , Newco must also elect to waive the exemption to obtain TOGC treatment , and must notify Customs of its election on or before completion .
25 A Class 4 transaction is one involving a listed company ( or any of its group companies ) and a connected party ( ie a director ( including a shadow director ) , former director within the last 12 months , substantial shareholder ( or former substantial shareholder within the last 12 months ) or an associate of any of them ) and usually requires a circular to shareholders and their prior approval .
26 Ernest ( Witton-le-Wear 397 ) welcomes word of any of them .
27 And you ca n't get hold of any of them .
28 The possibility of any of us having some kind of real experience is seen as having all but vanished , to be replaced by endless opportunity for witnessing things .
29 That we will keep all information of a confidential nature about [ ] Plc and [ ] Plc 's business and financial affairs which come to our knowledge during negotiations for the sale of the Shares to you confidential and accordingly we will not disclose any such information to any person or use any such information other than wholly in connection with such negotiations except to the extent that it is , already when we receive such information , or becomes thereafter , public knowledge through no fault of any of us .
30 They do a different kind of work , they 've traditionally done considerably responsible work within Oxford City 's Environmental Health Department , so there is n't a suggestion on the part of any of us that they are somehow lesser beings , because that is not the case at all .
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