Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Doctor Tinsley , my old medical man , absolutely forbade me to lift any kind of weight , not so much as a shopping basket . ’ |
2 | By the fifteenth century the King of England was Lord of Ireland , though his new territory was separate enough to have its own parliament , whose power was reduced but not eliminated by Poyning 's Law of 1495 , which forbade it to pass any law that had not been approved in advance by the King and his council . |
3 | It also encouraged them to resist any change whatever in local institutions or in elections for community representation , except with the specific approval of the Jordanian government and the PLO itself . |
4 | Not to thank you , I mean — and Rose — oh , dear … ’ and her face crumpled , but the steely resolution which lay beneath her outward charm prevented her from giving way to the hysterics which she knew would take her over if she allowed herself to show any weakness . |
5 | Diomedes ' mares differed from mortal horses in that they would feed only on human flesh , a trait encouraged by their master who ordered them to eat any stranger who trespassed in his kingdom . |
6 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
7 | Her first step was to leave the kitchen exactly as he left it ; if he thought she had any intention of clearing his mess up behind him , then Luther was very much mistaken . |
8 | She disregarded such things altogether , rather relished them , in fact ; and she must have been very strong , because I never knew her to show any weakness , nor to be other than her usual cheerful , robust-spirited self . |
9 | He had invented this word called EUREKA ! which , if shouted under certain conditions in the bathroom , enabled him to solve any manner of obtuse conundrums . |
10 | He sold his home to get on the grid … when no-one it seems except Nigel thought he had any talent … he roared into formula one with the old Lotus team … |
11 | At first neither Ceauşescu 's guards and officials nor the older professional participants in the display wanted to let the young woman take part , but she did nothing to banish any assumption that her surname indicated a relationship with the First Lady . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | When I wrote out the application form and it said did I have any experience , I just adapted it . |
15 | Did I get any change ? ’ |
16 | Did I put any money in there ? |
17 | Did nobody have any idea what was going on at the time ? |
18 | When this reminder of a real world outside the little room had withdrawn , he asked : ‘ Did you glean any idea of when they might like to use this — ah — device ? ’ |
19 | – ‘ Did you bring any pot ? ’ she asked . |
20 | In the process of making them , did you meet any opposition apart from that which you said may have come from the medical malpractice fear ? |
21 | Did you want any toast ? |
22 | Did you want any help ? |
23 | Did you want any washing powder ? |
24 | And , she added jokingly , did you make any money ? |
25 | Did you make any attempt to get me free ? ’ |
26 | When you worked er before the war did you experience any wage cuts ? |
27 | So did you do any singing when you came here first ? |
28 | Did you do any maths ? |
29 | I said to Jay did you do any work yesterday ? |
30 | Did you do any business in America ? |