Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] any " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nor did they have any preconceptions about his personality or politics . |
| 32 | She did not actually concentrate on the birds which happened to be there , nor did she feel any desire to feel them or encourage them to come near her — but she was quite able to relax knowing that they were there in the background . |
| 33 | She had not sat down to breakfast , preferring to eat a handful of dry Puffkins while she sought her shoes , nor did she utter any words of affectionate farewell , not being one for dissimulation . |
| 34 | Nor did she have any of the pale and slightly apologetic stance of her mother . |
| 35 | Not even Jane 's tender digestion would keep her from tonight 's dancing , and nor did she have any real fear of meeting her husband , for Jane well knew Sharpe 's reluctance to dance or to dress up in a frippery uniform , but the possibility of his presence was an alarming thought that she could not resist exploring . |
| 36 | Spemann and Mangold 's discovery of the organizer did not come as a surprise to Spemann , nor did it involve any element of luck . |
| 37 | Nor did it have any lasting effect on morale . |
| 38 | He saw no evidence that the German Socialists were either willing or able to restrain Prussian ambitions , nor did he place any faith in bourgeois internationalism . |
| 39 | Nor did he draw any obvious conclusions when he kept on coming on Tina in bed with other men . |
| 40 | But Kuzmitch alleged that Blake told him nothing about his work for MI6 nor did he give any indication that he was ardently pro-Communist . |
| 41 | The stark desire in his face threatened to take what strength she had left , nor did he make any attempt to hide the blatant response of his body to that consuming , passionate kiss , continuing to hold her so tightly that she could feel him with every part of her being , could still taste him inside her mouth . |
| 42 | Unlike the bishop or the archbishop , the abbot had no special prerogatives conferred on him by God , nor did he wield any civic power . |
| 43 | Khrushchev , who had not read it , was no great judge of what would live ; nor did he have any artistic education . |
| 44 | Nor did he reveal any keener affinity with Schubert in the rather mechanical , plainly stated accompaniments that he provided for the mezzo Yvonne Howard . |
| 45 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 46 | Nor did I bear any ill-will against my poor mother , though she had brought me up in error , innocently ignorant of what she was doing to my psyche . |
| 47 | The liquidator says that he can not say how much of the stock was supplied by our client , nor does he have any information as to whether or not the amount received from debtors includes any amount for the sale of AB stock originally supplied by our client . |
| 48 | His status , and salary , will be higher than that of a lowly assistant solicitor , but he makes no capital contributions to the firm nor does he have any right to a share in profits . |
| 49 | Language in poetry does not point to an object beyond itself , nor does it carry any emotional weight from its speaker ; it is entirely self-sufficient , or , as the Formalists would say , ‘ self-valuable ’ . |
| 50 | MAS 's role in advising on or assisting in the preparation of a client 's Information memorandum does not involve the issuance of a published report nor does it involve any association with the client 's Information memorandum beyond that set out in the terms of engagement , which should be appropriately limited . |
| 51 | Nor does it make any statements about the costs of administrative and managerial change , or of the considerable developments in information technology which will be required to carry out some of its proposals . |
| 52 | Religious Education in Catholic schools is Trinitarian and Christocentric in scope and spirit yet the general orientation of the Working Paper 7 is not , nor does it show any real concern for the faith development and Christian formation of pupils . |
| 53 | Nor does it pose any difficulty in Poland where research is a truly multilingual affair . |
| 54 | I do however point out that the passage in question does not in terms refer to any admissions policy which the school or local authority has adopted nor does it indicate any fixed way in which an appeal committee should approach the importance of such admissions policy . |
| 55 | Nor does it need any familiarity with the object ; that is , it does not need to have experienced those two views in association beforehand . |
| 56 | What is to happen and do you have any extra negotiating counters , such as your potential nuisance value as a dissident minority shareholder , which can assist you in persuading the company to be more generous ? |
| 57 | If you are going to have a gravel path , you have the choice of either vibrating sand into the hardcore to form a firm surface for the gravel , or of laying the gravel directly on to the hardcore , and letting it fill any spaces it can get into . |
| 58 | Let me know what controls are operated to ensure that a group is in fact one of these organisations — do they have to inform your department , for example , and do you make any checks on short-term caravan rallies . |
| 59 | And do you remember any experiences of your mother at election time or anything like that ? |
| 60 | Q. What percentage of your work is in-house and do you receive any preferential treatment from other Courtaulds businesses ? |