Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In Rosemary 's book , ‘ lecherous , cretinous , oversexed reptile ’ was too polite a term for a man who seemed to think any female working for his father was fair game .
2 Ironically , the only Hibs player who appeared to have any kind of conviction going forward was Pat McGinlay , who has taken up the attention of Celtic 's manager , Liam Brady , and will be the object of a move from that quarter when his contract expires in the summer .
3 The foresters of fee were to be summoned to appear before the king to show by what warrant they held their bailiwicks : likewise everyone who had assumed any liberty in the forest since 1217 , to produce his authority .
4 Det Insp Anthony Caddy told the inquest that the police had been unable to find any independent witnesses who had seen any act of cruelty on Kim by her parents .
5 This showed that in practice relatively few , one in ten , of those who had spent any time in residential homes were thought to have been admitted ‘ too late ’ ; this proportion was a quarter for those who had not spent any time in a residential home .
6 The proportion who had considered any type of credit other than the one they used was only 6 per cent of this sample .
7 When he had completed serving the meals Bob went round the ward to see who had eaten what and who had left any items uneaten .
8 Curtis , who refused to make any comment yesterday , virtually ran the club for previous chairman John Poynton .
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