Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] any [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If an exercise ever causes you any pain you must stop immediately .
2 Has anybody any idea why it 's so late ?
3 Has he any money ? ’
4 Has he any idea , she was wondering , that that woman is only marrying him for his money ?
5 Has he any evidence that Opposition policies could convince us that a future Labour Government would be any different from past ones ?
6 Has he any evidence of a decrease in church-going , an increase in marital break-up or an increase in the number of complaints to industrial tribunals by women who are asked to work on Sunday against their will ?
7 The soil is pushed beyond its capabilities with nitrogen fertilisers , crops are sprayed with highly toxic chemicals to prevent damage from insects , disease and fungus , and from birth animals join an endless , often cruel production line that denies them any dignity .
8 They have achieved much in recent years , but the Labour party never gives them any credit and is always moaning .
9 ‘ I do n't know why anyone gives them any credence . ’
10 I mean , there 's no fun in sitting there saying ‘ we 're not going to be able to do Bloxham Primary School to replace the temporary buildings they 've had there for nineteen years ’ ; that gives nobody any joy , but in terms of priorities , it was one that was felt er did not have that prior , the same priority as some of the others .
11 Mhm , and you do n't find that that gives you any difficulty at all , er with people who genuinely want to find your number ?
12 This tea and that little bit gives you any inclination how to go about that Oh I see look .
13 ‘ If it gives you any pleasure . ’
14 Give Nosey a good kicking if the bastard gives you any trouble . ’
15 ‘ If it gives you any satisfaction to know that . ’
16 You should n't need no 'elp , but if 'e gives yer any lip , just call me . ’
17 This supposition has the form of a ‘ regulative hope ’ — both are adopted on the same basis that a card player bases his play on the hope of an improbable distribution of the cards if no other possible distribution gives him any chance of winning at all .
18 Whilst Julia Browne 's interviews with animal portrait artists , none of whom have felt the effects of the recession in the art world , gives us any insight into a very different world , a world which rarely attracts any notice from the serious art press .
19 He never does them any harm .
20 Do the sponsors feel that this tawdry display does them any good ?
21 Madame Gloriana turned away murmuring to herself , ‘ That 's what they all want to know , although I 'm not at all sure if it does them any good . ’
22 But last year all food subsidies in Sichuan were abruptly abolished , so part of the Lis ' capital outlay no longer brings them any return .
23 If it brings you any comfort , sergeant , her life expectancy was already very short . ’
24 But in answer to Dickie.Bamber Gascoigne said he could n't comment until he knows what any company wanting the programme back on board might be proposing .
25 But in answer to Dickie.Bamber Gascoigne said he could n't comment until he knows what any company wanting the programme back on board might be proposing .
26 I suppose what I was asked and what I said in reply will be subject to the ‘ 30 year rule ’ — and heaven knows what any archivist will make of it all in the year 2012 !
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