Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ A lot of people feel shy about going into a Tax Office , so this is a good opportunity for them to get any help they need , ’ explained Peter Guy , the Inland Revenue 's Customer Service Manager in the province . |
| 2 | BMC General Secretary Derek Walker would not speculate on the outcome of these meetings , adding : ‘ It would be wrong for me to pre-empt any decision of the Management Committee . |
| 3 | it is true that it is currently harder for me to get any kind of sympathetic press coverage in this country than it is anywhere else in Europe . ’ |
| 4 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 5 | According to his account to the House of Commons , Baldwin replied : ‘ Sir , that is most grievous news , and it is impossible for me to make any comment on it today . ’ |
| 6 | A TV screen is a dangerous medium through which to judge any sport , particularly boxing . |
| 7 | He dodged between the startled shoppers , none of whom made any attempt to stop him . |
| 8 | Her embarrassment continued when she was introduced to a procession of Korean shop workers , none of whom spoke any English . |
| 9 | Despite Knox 's fulminations against ‘ that cruel tyrant and unmerciful hypocrite ’ , the archbishop of St Andrews , and the ‘ woman born to dissemble and deceive ’ , Mary of Guise , it was in fact an act quite out of character of both archbishop and regent , neither of whom showed any taste for persecution . |
| 10 | I advised the Camerons to ensure that both dogs always moved towards them to receive any affection , and preferably sat on command before receiving it . |
| 11 | Our only means of escape is alcohol , and I keep off that pretty much ; but I ca n't say I blame chaps for getting drunk ( apart from the fact that it does n't do you any good ) , for few of them take any interest in books . |
| 12 | None of them offered any distinction from its neighbour . |
| 13 | By contrast , when adults were accompanying children , during a similar three-minute period , less than half of them had any communication at all with their children ; and in two-fifths of the pairs ‘ what took place was negative ’ . |
| 14 | Margaret tried them all , but none of them had any help for her . |
| 15 | Besides , none of them had any sense of humour and I ruined many a high-flown discussion by making jokes . |
| 16 | Jim did not seem to be there enough for them to talk it through and neither of them had any money . |
| 17 | Neither of them had any desire to repeat the experience . |
| 18 | Harry felt as if he had heard or read them all before , in one form or another , and none of them shed any light on what had struck Mrs Diamond as ‘ not right ’ : |
| 19 | None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further . |
| 20 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 21 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 22 | Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . " |
| 23 | Of the monumental stones he writes " However the knowledge of their general existence may " be interesting , there is nothing in them , individually considered , to call for a particular description , " and of the islands in the lochs he says " Similar remains , situated in the same manner , are seen at Loch Finlaggan ; but none of them present any interest to detain either the painter or the antiquary . " |
| 24 | None of them took any notice of Darwin , but the feathers and fossils aroused mild interest . |
| 25 | The men in the Toms family support each other a great deal ; none of them show any disapproval of Sandy 's lifestyle . |
| 26 | It was puzzling : neither of them expressed any desire actually to see their origins again . |
| 27 | Needless to say , with such a busy schedule none of them has any time for girlfriends . |
| 28 | Neither of them paid any heed to the poor old grand-father , who had to tend the sacred fire all on his own . |
| 29 | Neither of them showed any inclination to do other than sit outside the café in the sunshine , and Oliver had shifted the conversation far away from the Durances and murder . |
| 30 | ‘ I tried the bank manager and the lawyer on that one and neither of them showed any enthusiasm . |