Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave the clients confidence in my abilities , and also told them any hopes they may have had of getting away with a fifty dollar fee should be left with the receptionist . |
| 2 | He never told me any details . ’ |
| 3 | If those winters caused me any anxiety it was only in the nets where Graham and I , as the two overseas professionals in a team of mainly part-timers with jobs to do in midweek , spent a lot of time practising together . |
| 4 | He looked round them all as though none of them afforded him any surprise , though two of them did not belong here , and to his certain knowledge had been elsewhere only a short time ago . |
| 5 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 6 | One morning , after heavy rain , the field by the hospital was full of giant yellow frogs ; no-one paid them any attention . |
| 7 | He gave her physical protection , but never showed her any affection again . |
| 8 | Nobody paid her any attention at all . |
| 9 | No one paid it any attention . |
| 10 | To this the French contributed their own mistakes which soon lost them any advantage they may have enjoyed . |
| 11 | Eventually Linda gave it up and admitted that Marilyn Duxbody was not present but added , with overtones of hysteria , that she expected her any minute . |
| 12 | I just love sitting and reading and doing NOTHING … a huge man came here the other day and practically THREATENED me if I would n't write my life story … offered me any money I asked for … but thank God I am well off now . |
| 13 | Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them . |
| 14 | Prior to his arrival Sotheby 's ( still specialising heavily in books at this date ) had an unwritten agreement with Christie 's that they sent them any pictures brought to their offices and in return Christie 's sent them any books they received for sale . |
| 15 | As a result of this , the Earl of Lauderdale , a friend and admirer of Baxter 's , with the King 's permission , offered him any position he cared for in Scotland , either a church , a bishopric or a university position . |
| 16 | The forest was dark and low upon me , and only the gunfire gave me any sense of direction . |
| 17 | Natasha Kornilof : ‘ I have to say David never gave me any notes . |
| 18 | ‘ I met a parson once that was good to me , but he never gave me any treacle tart , just a kind message of 'ope . |
| 19 | I saw my mother once a day at dinner time and I saw my father three or four times a week , but they never gave me any love . |
| 20 | But to do him justice , the Prime Minister never gave me any impression that he wanted me to succeed him … . |
| 21 | Neither the General nor Bill gave me any hint of lolly . ’ |
| 22 | Not that it did them any good . |
| 23 | they say oh tax is too high , I mean Labour want to put it up any way , but by the by , this answered them any way , what they say is oh its too high , erm even the American tax is four per cent , who gives a dam , because the thing is in America what you 're loosing , what you gain in your tax you have to pay out through the nose for health care |
| 24 | With remarks like ‘ Ah well , that never did me any harm ; I have gone through worse ’ , he would brush aside his colleagues ' explorations as irrelevant , yet hint at having himself suffered as a child . |
| 25 | While I 'm standing up to my thighs in water trying to kill a lot of fish that never did me any harm , somebody in this town takes it into his head to rub out Jack Mahoney . ’ |
| 26 | He never did me any harm . ’ |
| 27 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 28 | But if her astrologer gave her any warning , she 's not telling anyone . |
| 29 | And I 'm sure I never gave her any reason to be so high-and-mighty ! ’ |
| 30 | Earthy type , she used to say , but it was all talk with him and he never gave her any trouble that she told me about . ’ |