Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [noun] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Things , George said eventually , were going so smoothly that one should expect disaster any time now , eh ? |
| 2 | We should have news any moment . |
| 3 | There is a big difference between hardship and danger , and I 'll take hardship any day . |
| 4 | The SD station at nearby Friedberg noted that people were ‘ convinced that the fall of Stalingrad could take place any day ’ , even if with a presumed heavy toll of German lives . |
| 5 | The only way we could guard Steiner any closer is by having an MP share his bed and that would never do . ’ |
| 6 | No decent woman would go wiz any of zem . |
| 7 | This argument would deny Shakespeare any powers of invention , making him the creature of his profession , another version of the biographical fallacy . |
| 8 | However , whether the prime minister 's enhanced authority after this election result will make Labor any more successful in tackling issues like unemployment than it was before , remains to be seen . |
| 9 | If the objects of the society are not charitable , the rule against perpetuities ( see p. 42 ) , from which charities , provided that they are to begin within the perpetuity period , are exempt , will make void any gift of property by way of permanent endowment , whether made by will or otherwise ; but there is nothing to prevent gifts or bequests from being made to a non-charitable society in such terms that it can , at any time , dispose of the capital at its pleasure . |
| 10 | Nobody will , nobody will speak Cherry any more ! |
| 11 | I do n't see how it can affect Rothmans any more than any other firm . ’ |
| 12 | You can discuss business any time you like , as long as you do n't start moralising about the redundancies in Farthingdales … ’ |
| 13 | I would see myself as a feminist and a socialist and I think socialism is the only form of just government a just way of running any sort of society , that can give people any sort of dignity . |
| 14 | Oh I thought you can move bulbs any time when they were dormant . |
| 15 | From what you say , a science that can bend reality any way it wants . ’ |
| 16 | It is an illustration of the way in which ‘ The Thing ’ works by substituting nonsense for sense , so that presently everybody is talking nonsense , and nobody can talk sense any more . |
| 17 | Show him nothing he can say makes any difference . |