Example sentences of "[conj] it be any [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | She tilted a defiant chin at him , ‘ From a friend — not that it 's any concern of yours . |
2 | ‘ And even if he has , I ca n't see that it 's any concern of yours , Dr Kent . ’ |
3 | ‘ I thought , ’ she said , ignoring her father 's advice to treat him with kid gloves , ‘ not that it 's any business of yours , that I might potter into Nice for the day . ’ |
4 | Not that it 's any thanks to you ! ’ |
5 | Er are you saying that it is any part of the Council 's case that this land th it it 's it is er a possibility that having this land as a strategic reserve er can er is of assistance , or are you saying that it is simply er having included it in , it might form part of a strategic reserve ? |
6 | Not that it was any skin off my nose one way or the other . |
7 | He had found one protection from those " storms " in the Anglican communion ( although he indignantly denied that it was any kind of comfortable haven ) , and during these years his role as one of the most prominent laymen in that communion was increasing ; as one biographical note in 1937 described him , Eliot had done much " to interpret literature to the theologian and theology to the men of letters " . |
8 | His father dismissed the notion that it was any necessity and called for his son by clearing his throat , like Henry Irving demanded a prompt . |
9 | Not that it was any sort of crackdown on muggers or pickpockets , but in the week before the Season of Goodwill , the Marks and Spencer store on Orchard Street gets more bomb threats than the average American Embassy east of Cyprus . |
10 | It is no use us trying to clobber the economy with high taxation any more than it 's any use Lawson clobbering the economy with high interest rates … |
11 | I have said before , and if it be any satisfaction to him I repeat it now , that if you attempt to enforce this Bill , and the people of Ulster believe , and have a right to believe , that you are doing it against the will of the people of this country , then I shall assist them in resisting it . |
12 | A firm can not be " enabled " to withhold information if it is any event free to withhold it . |
13 | If it is any consolation , it could alternatively be thought of as being related to ‘ memory ’ , or to the French word ‘ même ’ . |
14 | If it is any consolation , the whole question of arrangement seems just as much a problem for people with enviably rare and valuable collections as it is for those with hardly enough to call a collection of anything . |
15 | After all , if it is any good it should be able to do its job without further help . |
16 | The drawing system , if it is any good , is highly structured . |
17 | He lifted her arm and kissed each mark , before saying : ‘ If it 's any help , I 've wanted to die ever since … |
18 | I do n't know if it 's any help to you . ’ |
19 | Okay if it 's any help just look at the opening |
20 | ‘ Well , if it 's any consolation , it happens to us all ! |
21 | A If it 's any consolation , this is one of the most common cat problems . |
22 | And if it 's any consolation , I do n't think he shot Barak either . |
23 | If it 's any consolation , take a look at the old Norton SysInfo program . |
24 | ‘ I know bloody well what I 'm saying , ’ Gregson snapped , ‘ and if it 's any consolation it sounds as crazy to me as it probably does to you . |
25 | My brother 's a fool , if it 's any consolation . |
26 | ‘ Well , if it 's any consolation we 're going back this afternoon to have another go . ’ |
27 | P.S. If it 's any consolation the Polish woman I work with said ‘ Is no problem . |
28 | If it 's any consolation they totally ignore that |
29 | If it 's any consolation , it does get easier , ’ he promised . |
30 | ‘ I know you and Niall did n't exactly get off to a good start , but if it 's any consolation you caught him at a bad time . |