Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The authority decided to wait until all the evidence was in before interviewing any officer involved in the incident . |
| 2 | In over 30% of domestic burglaries , the burglar simply walks in without using any force because a window or door has been left open . |
| 3 | And when I get a moment I 'll get down to noting any facts I think could help you . |
| 4 | The Palin charm and good humour wash off without leaving any residue for all the 30,000 miles on the clock , and all the pounds on the budget , and Passepartout 's diligent camera , and Roger Mills 's direction . |
| 5 | But while the woman , 46-year-old Margaret Presley , of Portsmouth , Hants , was rushed inside — drip-ping with blood from serious head injuries and a broken shoulder — the man drove off without giving any details . |
| 6 | Kirtana has given up on owning any land for himself . |
| 7 | Although he was still hardly up to seeing any visitors , the staff nurse on his ward was quite relieved one day when a large buxom-looking woman , calling herself a friend , arrived asking to see Major Freddie Nash . |
| 8 | Syl was eating them all up without requiring any encouragement . |
| 9 | He deplored the prevailing state of education — " many deaf and dumb children are still allowed to grow up without receiving any education whatever " — , criticised such educational provision as existed and advocated universal state education , the training of specially qualified and adequately remunerated teachers and the adoption of the combined system . |
| 10 | In the eighties , a secret cabinet committee under William Whitelaw considered further ideas for reform , including joint Lords/Commons committees , and dividing the Lords into voting and non-voting peers , but again they ducked out of taking any action . |
| 11 | Although the 1977 Royal Commission was forced to acknowledge the shortcomings of the liberal theory of the press based on proprietorial freedom , it drew back from suggesting any departures from the status quo . |
| 12 | Well , you start out by reading any books that you can find to give you an idea of who was involved , and my next stop after that was the Library of Congress in Washington , where they have the papers of the National Consumers ' League , which was Florence Kelly 's organisation , and , and contains most of her own personal records , too . |
| 13 | Use of a chart prevents repetition of work that has already been carried out by blocking any attempt to reapply the same rule in the same place . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm so terribly sorry , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she returned , her voice dripping sarcasm , ‘ Cook did n't get round to baking any cookies today . |
| 15 | There are thousands and thousands of bands that just practise and practise all the time , and they never get round to playing any gigs . |
| 16 | Even then , such is Peter 's Jewish prejudice , the Holy Spirit has to take the initiative in falling upon Cornelius and his company before ever Peter had got round to making any appeal to repentance , faith and baptism ( 10:44f ) . |