Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | He urged them to compare any sum they had in mind with damages that might be awarded for physical injuries that lasted a lifetime . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | When I wrote out the application form and it said did I have any experience , I just adapted it . |
| 13 | Did I get any change ? ’ |
| 14 | Did I put any money in there ? |
| 15 | 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 ? ’ |
| 16 | – ‘ Did you bring any pot ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Did you want any toast ? |
| 19 | Did you want any help ? |
| 20 | Did you want any washing powder ? |
| 21 | And , she added jokingly , did you make any money ? |
| 22 | Did you make any attempt to get me free ? ’ |
| 23 | When you worked er before the war did you experience any wage cuts ? |
| 24 | So did you do any singing when you came here first ? |
| 25 | Did you do any maths ? |
| 26 | I said to Jay did you do any work yesterday ? |
| 27 | Did you do any business in America ? |
| 28 | Andy did you put any coffee in this ? |
| 29 | ‘ Did you find any trace of a struggle in Lady Eleanor 's chamber ? ’ |
| 30 | Did you have any contact with erm prostitutes who worked from the f from the flats or not ? |