Example sentences of "[verb] any signs [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It was unnaturally neat , and it carefully refrained from revealing any signs of individuality .
2 His son Rolf , who disowned him after failing to extract any signs of remorse from him , visited him in 1977 .
3 But this time Louise did not betray any signs of dismay .
4 " The farm 's a good way away and the fields between do n't show any signs of elil at all .
5 I wanted to detect any signs of discomfort .
6 The good news is that as none of your other fishes have shown any signs of disease it sounds as if it was something non-infectious , so that you should have nothing to worry about regarding their health .
7 If the new person shows any signs of shock or fright , or if he or she stays purple for too long then give one dose of Aconite M .
8 If the mother or anyone else connected with the birthing process shows any signs of lack of trust , anxiety , fear , pain , etc. take one dose as often as needed , perhaps as often as every 10 minutes , of Rescue Remedy ( one of the Bach Flower remedies ) .
9 Measuring 30 centimetres or so across , it is many times bigger than the largest known trilobite and its armour no longer shows any signs of segmentation .
10 My final term there seemed rather uneventful after the previous two , and only Renaissance Anne showed any signs of concern about my impending departure .
11 Looking back , I need not have turned my nose up with such scorn when any of them approached me , as I 'm sure they did need some friendly contacts , but if one showed any signs of friendliness , they interpreted this as an invitation to attach themselves to you for the rest of the day , and probably the night too .
12 Only the VG-30R showed any signs of congestion ; on little brother all the tunes breathed easily .
13 But it was only about two shops that showed any signs of life .
14 The absence of Arundel and Huntingdon is especially interesting since both were only in their mid-thirties and neither showed any signs of infirmity in their subsequent military careers .
15 ‘ The spectre of unemployment is stifling any signs of improvement . ’
16 ‘ Yes , yes and yes , ’ said Sarah , ‘ but I never saw any signs of hatred .
17 ‘ You never saw any signs of jealousy or resentment of them ? ’
18 In the course of the present campaign against corruption , East German newspapers , wireless and television have published urgent appeals to citizens , complete with addresses and telephone numbers to turn to , to report any signs of abuse and malpractice .
19 ‘ The four children were not showing any signs of infection but during routine screening , which we carry out every week , we discovered they had the bacteria , ’ said a hospital spokeswoman .
20 She soon fell victim , and ceased to show any signs of life .
21 Of the three patients that died , the cause of death was not mentioned in one case , a second patient died of oesophageal recurrence , the third succumbed to systemic lymphoma five years after irradiation of a single oesophageal manifestation ; local treatment had been completely successful , as indicated at necropsy , which failed to reveal any signs of malignancy in the oesophagus .
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