Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Towards the end of the Summer term it 's common practice in most schools to invite the parents of the new intake of children to visit the school to explain the routines and organisation , to give them a chance to meet the teachers and also to provide an opportunity for them to share any concerns they might have . |
| 2 | ‘ We are going to Liverpool at just the right time and there 's no reason for them to expect any favours from us . ’ |
| 3 | that 's for the name , yeah so , so , some of them will be confused , but not enough for them to have any problems I should n't have thought . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Then , as the light was going , a convoy rolled in with the pool — just too late for them to get any pictures . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 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 | None of them shed any tears over Riddle . ’ |
| 19 | 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 ’ : |
| 20 | None of them raised any matter of substance and I need not consider them further . |
| 21 | Had any of them made any approaches to her ? |
| 22 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 23 | None of them made any concessions to the local Muslim culture . |
| 24 | ‘ And how many of them made any effort to get along with me ? ’ she exploded . |
| 25 | 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 . " |
| 26 | 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 . " |
| 27 | None of them took any notice of Darwin , but the feathers and fossils aroused mild interest . |
| 28 | The men in the Toms family support each other a great deal ; none of them show any disapproval of Sandy 's lifestyle . |
| 29 | It was puzzling : neither of them expressed any desire actually to see their origins again . |
| 30 | None of them has any connections here , not really ; they 're all bachelors ; at least , in a way . |