Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | After consultations with other Western governments the United States adminstration on April 24 drew back from any punitive measures against the Soviet Union over its blockade of Lithuania ( officials having previously hinted at possible limited economic sanctions ) , when President Bush gave a clear indication at a press conference that the administration considered Gorbachev 's political survival and good Soviet-US relations to be more important than Lithuanian independence , explaining : " I am concerned that we do not inadvertently compel the Soviet Union to do something that would set back the whole process of freedom around the world . " |
| 2 | But right-wing delegations , such as the AEU engineering union , came down against any ‘ segregated ’ affiliate . |
| 3 | In 1875 Francis Seymour Haden , FRCS , advocated by means of three letters to The Times a disintegrating coffin ‘ … of some lighter permeable material , such as wicker or lattice-work , open at the top , and filled in with any fragrant herbaceous matters that happened to be most readily obtainable . |
| 4 | There was only one toilet and you just had to hope no one came in with any diseases or anything . |
| 5 | Souness , who is also set to tie up the deal for Norway defender Stig Inge Bjornebye , said after Saturday 's 4-1 Anfield triumph against Middlesbrough : ‘ He played 45 minutes and came through without any problems . |
| 6 | It drove off without any siren or light . |
| 7 | The stable , dry pedal boats can be picked up and dropped off at any of 5 moorings in the heart of the City . |
| 8 | Luckily they came back without any harm and the record was then re-released , re-promoted and interestingly enough , as far as I can recall , it 's one of the very early stereo singles . |
| 9 | Please also note General Exception 9 if Plant hired out under any other form of Conditions . |
| 10 | This came out without any warning , so I answered , with fake innocence : ‘ Talk about what ? ’ |
| 11 | I came out without any money . |
| 12 | My father had another , everything was okay if you came out at any time after the thirty first of March , look all I 'm doing now is I was giving back , er taking my position as the company director , getting a salary off the rent in my farms and small holdings and my shares in shipping . |
| 13 | Repealers scored a notable success when Simon , in his annual report of 1868 , came out against any extension of the acts . |
| 14 | It never came out in any really sexual way . ’ |
| 15 | Although Maidstone was now beginning to display the fact that he was far from sober — his walk was a little unsteady and one or two of his words did not come out exactly right — the visit to the hatshop passed off without any untoward incident . |
| 16 | He was , he said , greatly encouraged that the publication , last April , of a US paperback edition of The Satanic Verses by Consortium Incorporated — a group of over 70 publishers , writers and human rights groups brought together under the auspices of the Authors Guild in New York — passed off without any significant protest . |
| 17 | The first anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre took place in June and passed off without any major incidents . |
| 18 | Unlike some Poll Tax demonstrations , this one passed off without any violence , protestors were satisfied with handing in a petition to Mrs Thatcher 's front door . |
| 19 | In spite of what one reads and hears , we can take that as being a pretty definitive er word on , on the fact that we 're not being conned or ripped off in any way at all . |
| 20 | Normally , unless you have one of these keys , you would have to call the water company 's engineers if you wanted the mains turned off for any reason — perhaps to work on the mains stopcock inside the house . |
| 21 | ‘ Saddled us with another kid and raced off without any plan . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ How do you think it would look to my consortium if the chief designer and managing director of Bryce International , one of the major manufacturers of ocean racers , turned up in any other yacht but his own ? |
| 23 | Such deterrent action seems obvious but there has been an across-the-board reluctance by BCU committees over the years for the membership to have been informed of punishments handed out for any misdemeanours . |
| 24 | So it made up for any other , er , you know . |
| 25 | ‘ Good thinking , Princess , ’ he said , with an easy charm that made up for any lack of etiquette . |
| 26 | We worked alone so that we could choose the good weather on my off duty days , but the communal gangs were no fair weather workers and pressed on under any conditions . |
| 27 | Modigliani and Ehrenburg edged towards the door whilst Rivera hoisted the stout and sturdy poet Max Voloshin from the floor as if he were a baby , but fortunately he quietened down before any damage was done . |
| 28 | ‘ But if someone imitated the crimes committed by Lawton and Bryce , what 's to stop somebody else imitating murders committed by any killer locked up in any jail in the country ? ’ |
| 29 | I rushed out without any money , and before I go home I must go and inform Mr Felton 's people where he is . |
| 30 | You know but we man I I got out at any rate . |