Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 2 | Doctor Tinsley , my old medical man , absolutely forbade me to lift any kind of weight , not so much as a shopping basket . ’ |
| 3 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 4 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 5 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 6 | While the car is being repaired or serviced we ignore any limitations as to driving or use as shown in the policy schedule . |
| 7 | The court appointed Robert Ramsay , a Western Australian accountant , as trustee , and directed him to recover any assets of the Bond estate . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He advised us to treat any claims of recovery with caution , and he forecast sluggish demand over the next 18 months . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Life had given him very little , just taught him to snatch any opportunities that came his way and use them to his advantage . |
| 13 | It also required them to disclose any commissions they earn to the client — guaranteeing a more difficult sale . |
| 14 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
| 15 | It was obvious that they , too , had realised what a professional job it was , something reflected in their searching questions as to whether she thought she had any enemies . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I never knew we had any baronets attending St Matthew 's . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 … |
| 21 | Did I leave any splashes on the bench ? |
| 22 | Did I make any deals , brush up any publishing contacts ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | When I wrote out the application form and it said did I have any experience , I just adapted it . |
| 26 | ‘ Did I have any problems with Cantona ? |
| 27 | ‘ It never did , Fernando ; not for one second did I have any doubts of how deeply I felt for you , only doubts of how deeply you had felt for me . |
| 28 | Did I get any change ? ’ |
| 29 | Did I put any money in there ? |
| 30 | 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 ? ’ |