Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bickering began on the US side yesterday , with State Department officials angrily protesting to the White House that the Pentagon failed to provide any security for the US embassy in Panama . |
| 2 | The CGT promised to respect any agreements reached . |
| 3 | In any case , a recent mass stranding of pilot whales on the eastern coast of the United States failed to reveal any Stenurus in the air sinuses . |
| 4 | Only the strong figure of David Wallington seemed to promise any kind of help and she called out to him . |
| 5 | It would have surprised Claudia if Dana did have any money ; she earned a great deal but spent it as fast as she made it , and , while it made sense for Roman to bring her under his wing , Claudia resented it fiercely . |
| 6 | Only a third of LEAs had arranged any training for social services departments about the purpose and procedures of the 1981 Act , and only a few more ( 38 per cent ) had arranged training for health authorities . |
| 7 | The years of dishonesty and drunkenness which preceded my trip to Boulogne had erased any feeling of homesickness , and by November 1984 , I could write them a composed , controlled letter from a Legion barrack room without any problem . |
| 8 | ‘ I know that if Ken had had any kind of sexual relationship it would n't have been with anyone he knew well . |
| 9 | Later , after Picasso had denied any knowledge of African art in the Enquête sur l'Art Négre conducted by the review Action in 1920 , Paul Guillaume , the first Parisian art-dealer to become interested in African and other primitive sculptures as works of art , wrote : ‘ Picasso owns a certain number of pieces of very different origins ; he makes a pretence of attaching no importance to their chronology . ’ |
| 10 | Mr Jacobson refused to answer any questions following the hearing , except to say he has n't seen his brother-in-law . |
| 11 | Just turned 21 , Jeanne had sacrificed any hope of fulfilling herself as an artist to Modigliani . |
| 12 | AT&T and British Telecom refused to make any comment . |
| 13 | But Tepilit refused to accept any suggestions that he had not killed the man deliberately . |
| 14 | What he said was very significant — that the ANC wanted to encourage any film-maker , black or white , who tried to put on the screen images of black people that were recognisably human , and who also tried to give employment and encouragement to black technicians . |
| 15 | Only Throgmorton seemed to have any idea of civilised behaviour . |
| 16 | And at Old Trafford yesterday , Cantona denied that he had asked for a transfer or that his working relationship with Wilkinson had suffered any breakdown . |
| 17 | Worrell had achieved any captain 's dream of knowing that his players would give their last drop of sweat just for him . |
| 18 | If Pecham had harboured any idea of renewing the struggle when his second provincial council met at Lambeth in 1281 , it was forestalled by a royal writ of prohibition of the general kind which simply barred some action . |
| 19 | There were no Rembrandts , no Chippendale furniture , nothing that indicated that Harold Wilson had achieved any prosperity in his many arduous years in opposition . |
| 20 | Stiffened defences beat off several parties and only Mayne and Jordan managed to destroy any aircraft — twenty-two between them . |
| 21 | He said that during the first interview Hepburn had denied any involvement , but when seen again 40 minutes later ‘ frankly said that he was responsible for the assaults on both girls ’ . |
| 22 | If Philip had had any sense he 'd have brought it down with him , that and the other stuff . |
| 23 | A few months earlier , West Indies had encountered any number of problems in Australia and had lost the series 5–1 ; they had then beaten India 2–1 at home , the last match being won when no fewer than five Indians were unable to bat in the second innings . |
| 24 | Only Israel continued to reject any recognition of the PLO , a position of isolation which was becoming decreasingly defensible . |
| 25 | Job horse Jo N Jack failed to land any touches at Beverley yesterday , finishing way out of the money behind No Comebacks . |
| 26 | As in 1988 , the DP failed to win any seats in the Kyongsang provinces , the traditional base of the governing party , and also failed to win any of the 16 seats in Pusan or the 11 seats in Taegu , the home town of Roh . |
| 27 | However , the MNR failed to produce any evidence to support its claim . |
| 28 | Carrillo had opposed any idea of integration into the PSOE . |
| 29 | On Oct. 19 President Bush had denied any US involvement in Iraqi weapons production — a claim immediately rebutted by David Kay , a former UN weapons inspector [ see p. 38451 ] . |
| 30 | At the time Circular 7/88 was published , neither Cambridgeshire nor Solihull had had any experience of the use of funding based on a formula . |