Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] any [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 2 | Sailing with about 50 men in mid-October , Ormonde had an uneventful passage from Normandy to Torbay , but failed to see any signs of a rising there and thereupon returned to St Malo . |
| 3 | Rafael Valls acquired an appealing half-length portrait of Miss Juliana Copley by Lawrence ( lot 29 , est. £50,000–70,000 ) for £92,000 , but doubts had been expressed about the condition of the second Lawrence in the sale , a grand full-length portrait of John Allnutt ( lot 30 , est. £300,000–500,000 ) , and it failed to attract any bids . |
| 4 | Although minor works by Jasper Johns ( lot 20 , est. $300–400,000 ) and Robert Rauschenberg ( lot 21 , est. $500–700,000 ) failed to attract any bids , there was satisfactory interest in Minimalist and Neo-Expressionist pictures from his collection . |
| 5 | The baby was put through extensive tests during a 10-day stay but they failed to find any signs of the fits complained of . |
| 6 | Archaeological digs by a team from Newcastle University failed to find any remains of interest in the area to be developed , yesterday 's planning applications sub-committee was told . |
| 7 | He tried to spot any spy-flies lurking in this foyer , little spies which so recently had been his own to command , till they were stolen . |
| 8 | None of the watering places they visited showed any signs of fresh tracks , and no animals were sighted in the first hour . |
| 9 | The CGT promised to respect any agreements reached . |
| 10 | Guardian reader Peter John , who has holdings in Dumenil 's Swiss , French and Spanish funds , claims he failed to receive any dividends in June and November as he expected . |
| 11 | Even if he 'd shown any signs at all of wanting to have her around — which he had n't — she 'd be nothing more than a burden . |
| 12 | And if I 'd had any problems , he sorted them out . |
| 13 | If you 'd had any IOUs you 'd have sent them to my father , ’ she counter-attacked . |
| 14 | If I 'd had any doubts about your competence you can be sure I would n't have left you to cope here . ’ |
| 15 | If she 'd had any doubts about Tara 's relationship with the villa 's owner , they rapidly evaporated as she watched the other girl 's body language in graceful retreat . |
| 16 | And , if she 'd had any illusions about being able to deceive him , his behaviour over the past two days had put paid to that . |
| 17 | Rance quickly decided that the Executive Council he had inherited from Dorman-Smith was useless while most of the senior British officials seemed to lack any ideas . |
| 18 | Neither of my parents seemed to have any friends , and tended to talk disparagingly of neighbours or colleagues . |
| 19 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 20 | While officers struggled with each other to improve their own positions they often united to block any attempts at reform by the Crown . |
| 21 | They depicted British cinema as indifferent to art , lacking drive and sense of direction and , in their distaste for the commercial orientation of the system , failed to suggest any ways to reform it . |
| 22 | The Conservatives , fighting in Ulster for the first time in 70 years , failed to win any seats . |
| 23 | The National Democrats failed to win any seats . |
| 24 | The Maurice Bishop Patriotic Movment ( MBPM ) , led by Terry Marryshow , failed to win any seats , attracting less than 2 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 25 | As in 1988 , the DP failed to win any seats in the Kyongsang provinces , the traditional base of the governing party , and also failed to win any of the 16 seats in Pusan or the 11 seats in Taegu , the home town of Roh . |
| 26 | As in previous general elections , no party won an overall majority of seats ; 12 parties in all took part , of which only one ( Palang Prachachon ) failed to win any seats . |
| 27 | John Williams , Master of the Jewels and Treasurer of Augmentations under Henry VIII , avoided rendering any accounts whatever during his eight years at the Jewel-House , piled up large arrears in Augmentations , and embezzled £31,000 which were not entered in the books . |
| 28 | Tomo Cesen , the man who almost certainly climbed the South Face of Lhotse but forgot to take any pictures , arrived for his session with a highly professional career package . |
| 29 | Drought , which had seriously affected the country between 1987 and 1989 and had led to severe job losses , remained a problem , the resulting need to increase food imports contributing to a rising trade deficit ( which for the period January to July 1990 totalled US$1,125 million , an increase of 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 1989 ) and expected to offset any gains from higher prices for oil exports . |
| 30 | However , from this time she began to eliminate any suggestions of depth and perspective in her paintings . |