Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They convened that day , but failed to issue any resolution until late on Aug. 3 . |
| 2 | They never expected to see any freedom in their lifetime . |
| 3 | Bickering began on the US side yesterday , with State Department officials angrily protesting to the White House that the Pentagon failed to provide any security for the US embassy in Panama . |
| 4 | Mr Justice Hobhouse dismissed B's claim , saying that the statutory intention behind the Regulations , stated in s 203 , TA 1988 , was that income tax should be deducted by a person making any payment of or on account of any income assessable to tax under Sch E. There was a statutory obligation to deduct tax unless either the Regulations showed that there was to be no such obligation or they failed to provide any machinery whereby the payer could make a deduction . |
| 5 | One person in 10 failed to spell any word correctly according to the Gallup survey of 1,000 adults . |
| 6 | Er Selby have as I und as I can see it today , failed to establish any need for the bid for two hundred two hundred and fifty hectares which they 've put forward . |
| 7 | A pair of granite chairs by Scott Burton ( lot 55 , est. $100–150,000 ) sold for $80,000 ( £44,400 ) , in spite of concerns about their condition Lichtenstein 's ‘ Laughing cat ’ ( lot 44a , est. $350–450,000 ) failed to attract any interest and was bought in at $190,000 . |
| 8 | Two of Queen Victoria 's night dresses failed to attract any interest when they came up for auction . |
| 9 | United was not there — or at least not where Bob Smith expected her — and an SUE charge ( see diagram p. 62 ) tossed over the side failed to attract any attention . |
| 10 | PC Richard Parry said the car was very dirty and a detailed inspection failed to find any sign that it had made contact with the two pedestrians . |
| 11 | Later studies failed to find any response , for the most part , although one found that two out of 16 schizophrenics responded . |
| 12 | ( As with the Hand thesis 91 , an online search of the LISA database failed to find any evidence that Hughes has as yet published her extremely worthwhile research ) . |
| 13 | ( As with the Hand thesis , an online search of the LISA database failed to find any evidence that Hughes has as yet published her extremely worthwhile research ) . |
| 14 | It may be noted that the experiments by Siegel ( 1970 ) , James ( 1971 ) , and Crowell and Anderson ( 1972 ) , which failed to find any loss of latent inhibition at longer intervals , all gave repeated presentations of the target stimulus in pre-exposure ; that is , they gave training likely to establish a context — target association . |
| 15 | However , Nielsen and Videbech ( 1973 ) failed to find any effect on the suicide rate of the introduction of a community service to an island population . |
| 16 | I have been given free catalogues , invited to try any guitar I wished — not just the cheapo imports either but vintage stuff too — actually got useful information from people who , without exception , seem to be knowledgeable and often talented players , and generally made to feel welcome . |
| 17 | ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name . |
| 18 | All patients stopped taking any acid inhibitory agents at least two weeks before entering the study and none had received bismuth preparations in the past . |
| 19 | But he never tried to take any food from the other children . |
| 20 | Ottaviani first tried to prevent any discussion in the Commission and , when that failed , to delay referring the text to the Council . |
| 21 | Every time he tried to make any kind of serious statement or speech for years thereafter , people came back to the plants . |
| 22 | De Forbin now turned back , but a French frigate , sent into the Forth to contact supporters on shore , failed to receive any response and with the appearance on 13 March 1708 of Admiral Byng 's 28 ships on the horizon , de Forbin , not the most heroic of commanders , hastily stood out to sea . |
| 23 | Harriet sensing , quite rightly , that this must have something to do with a man , failed to receive any response to the most careful attempts to discover what was wrong . |
| 24 | All were in perfect condition , and the inscriptions seemed rather unusual : analysis failed to detect any gold at all , strongly suggesting the ingots were made from modern refined silver . |
| 25 | A " wolf summit " was held in January to debate the plan , but failed to reach any agreement [ see ED 68 ] . |
| 26 | " I phoned one of my neighbours to find out if she 'd heard any noise from our flat . |
| 27 | Only the strong figure of David Wallington seemed to promise any kind of help and she called out to him . |
| 28 | All the reading and yet she was n't even sure she 'd made any progress . |
| 29 | She was a make-up artist , for goodness ' sake — she 'd seen any number of half-naked male actors in her time , but she 'd never reacted like this before . |
| 30 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |