Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [verb] [pers pn] any " in BNC.

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1	‘ But if those criminals were determined to kill the boy , and it seems with hindsight that they were , they could have done it any time , before or after receiving the diamonds , in the cellar , on the road or on some lonely Yorkshire moorland .
2	‘ You could have killed me any time you wanted to , ’ Sheldukher sneered sadistically down at it , ‘ just by shutting down life support .
3	Nobody else really liked it , and my dad used to say that he could have sent me any old rubbish in the post and I would have liked it . ’
4	Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was .
5	He had braved the bitter weather to go down to the bookshops on the Charing Cross Road not just for the chance to get some books — he could have bought them any time — but principally to meet Joseph Hyde and hear the latest news from Dublin .
6	Of course if Adam had invited his parents to make themselves at home at Wyvis Hall , use it as a hotel , while he was away , they would have lent him any amount , but that was the last thing Adam would have done .
7	‘ I do n't believe Maurin would have killed her any more than I think he killed Sabine Jourdain . ’
8	She could have had my right arm if it would have given her any pleasure .
9	‘ Father , ’ said Tutilo , burning into startling whiteness , ‘ I pledge you my faith I never did nor never would have done him any harm , nor do I know of any who might need to wish him ill .
10	I do n't believe that the fans would have caused me any problem .

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