Example sentences of "[vb past] find any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The baby was put through extensive tests during a 10-day stay but they failed to find any signs of the fits complained of . |
| 3 | Later studies failed to find any response , for the most part , although one found that two out of 16 schizophrenics responded . |
| 4 | ( 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 ) . |
| 5 | ( 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 ) . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | LATE SHOW RANGERS suffered a shock defeat at this venue early last season and a repeat looked on the cards as the Ibrox side struggled to find any rhythm after their extra-time exertions against Aberdeen in midweek . |
| 10 | Amoco spent tens of millions of dollars on the project but they never did find any oil in Madagascar . |
| 11 | The same production had been playing in six or seven theatres in Britain already , and no fire officer in any of those places had found any problem . |
| 12 | If any reader had found any items relating to the Bristol and Gloucestershire volunteers of any period , I should be most interested to hear from them , and would give what advice I could . |
| 13 | Although his cold manner made it difficult for me to talk to him , I had to ask him whether he had found any employment for me . |