Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] any [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Anyone finding them should hand them in at a police station or to any officer he said . |
2 | Physical anthropologists and socio-cultural anthropologists have different fields of interest but their respective territories are not separated by an impenetrable wall ; or at any rate they ought not to be . |
3 | His knowledge of these people and his influence with them , was due to his own efforts — or at any rate they were nothing to do with these employers . |
4 | Head of Department : ‘ I 've achieved , or at any rate I 'm likely to , a position of authority . |
5 | Yes , and I remember the tanks moving down Whitehall ; or at any rate I remember the picture I had of them in my head as Tilly Tilling , in the middle of a history class , suddenly began to tell us about the military putsch that was coming . |
6 | On the other hand , they would have been inspired by the promise that they , as loyal adherents of the Messiah , would be granted a unique recompense for their fidelity and for any suffering they had incurred . |
7 | Thinking is a skill and like any other it can be developed and improved through practice . |
8 | And with any luck they 'll skip Cannes and head for the Fresno Film Festival . |
9 | I 've talked with him on the telephone and with any luck he should be over here on Monday . |
10 | And in any case they wanted them back as soon as possible , and there would be the interest to pay . |
11 | Hardly , one would think , since such occurrences were by no means rare at this period , and in any case they came to the rescue in every possible way . |
12 | Some people still think him mad , but God has cured him , and in any case they should n't judge by appearances , which are deceptive . |
13 | A very tiny handful of totally unrepresentative films achieved a certain notoriety but were in general lost sight of as attention focused on better films and in any case they were to represent a dead-end rather than a way forward . |
14 | It is doubtful whether they would have been able to afford the elaborate system which replaced this piecemeal amateur effort , and in any case they were spared the necessity of any expenditure since the Empress Elizabeth seized their assets in 1747 , just as plans were in hand to construct the new line . |
15 | However , no money was to be spent on florists ' bouquets or wreaths , and in any case we 'd both always hated to see flowers wired and thrust into stiff , unnatural arrangements . |
16 | ‘ I imagine , Professor Summerfield , ’ his voice floated back to them , ‘ that it 's because we are under surveillance , and in any case we can only go in one direction — oh . ’ |
17 | ‘ And in any case we are related . ’ |
18 | However , we can by no means stick slavishly to such a rule , for good harmonic flow needs variety in spacing intervals , and in any case we may wish to avoid smooth harmony and have something pungent , harsh , and bitter . |
19 | They would be difficult to enforce , and in any case we should be encouraging young people to be active in the countryside . |
20 | We lost an awful lot of merchant vessels , and in any case we wanted those boats to bring armaments across , not food . |
21 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
22 | Already his fingers were itching for a pencil , though he was n't allowed to draw yet , and in any case he was n't well enough . |
23 | He and Dinah together could make books that would be widely read in scholarly circles ; he would achieve recognition of a sort he had never had before ; in America they would know of no disgrace about him , and in any case he was now married . |
24 | Wistaria Cottage was n't worth much and in any case he had talked at one point of trading it in for an annuity . |
25 | His problems in composing this lecture were no doubt compounded by the fact that he had had in the past expressed no great liking for Goethe 's poetry — " I ca n't stand his stuff , " he had once told Ronald Duncan — and in any case he now found public addresses a complete waste of time.Immediately on his return from Germany , he travelled to the United States for a visit of two months . |
26 | In some cases he may be able to obtain an injunction to restrain the breach and in any case he will be adequately compensated by his remedy in damages for breach of contract as his damage can scarcely be other than financial . |
27 | In view of his experience at Highgate School , he had always been interested in the life and tribulations of schools teachers ; and in any case he held strong views about education , about which he lacked an opportunity to state his ideas at length until he gave some lectures in Chicago in 1950 . |
28 | Her ‘ usual stuff ’ had built them both a fabulous reputation and in any case he was n't too sure how she would take such a phrase . |
29 | It is , of course , quite easy to tell the difference by tapping the walls inside to see which are hollow , and in any case you will soon find out when you try to hang shelves , mirrors or pictures on the walls . |
30 | On the other hand , the openings in companies ' legal departments are much fewer than in private practice ; and in any case you should not consider articles in commerce or industry unless you are keen to make this your career . |