Example sentences of "and [adj] [conj] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he looked at Pipkin , huddled into a fold of sand , more panic.stricken and helpless than any rabbit he had ever seen . |
| 2 | In the centre , taller and broader than any man there , his greying head bare , stood Siward their leader , Kalv 's nephew . |
| 3 | I have seen schools where children drew and made clay models , gathered and displayed local crafts collected , made and used local musical instruments — and schools as bare and empty as any prison cell . |
| 4 | Now these words are as clear and unequivocal as any draftsman could reasonably make them and they can not , as a matter of ordinary English , relate to the intention of anyone other than the holder . |
| 5 | There were a hundred thousand shapes and substances of incompleteness , wildly mingled out of their places , upside down , burrowing in the earth , aspiring in the air , mouldering in the water , and unintelligible as any dream . |
| 6 | After his selection and Police College training he 'd been slightly surprised to find himself not to be a component of an irresistibly righteous machine , but a member of an organisation that was as flawed and human as any other . |
| 7 | Armour saves are not allowed for hits from a bolt thrower , because the missiles are so fast and deadly that any armour is pierced along with its wearer . |
| 8 | and Ruth says I commit myself to him , he will now be my god , and therefore your people will be my people , your home will be my home , your destiny will be my destiny the way is clear , she makes that greatest decision of her life , a decision that will affect the whole of her life but its not as say a life decision is a commitment now , we , we , we are always confronted , day after day we are confronted to make decisions , some of you make decisions and were not too committed about them , and if things alter they will change our minds , not just a ladies prerogative to change her mind , men do it as well and things happen and we think oh no well , I wo n't go through with that I 'll change my mind before its too late , but here Ruth she is not just making a decision , she is making a total commitment , a commitment that is worth time of the whole of her life , to promised to be loyal to de to Naomi and her deceased husband , she promises loyalty to Naomi 's race and the people of god , but above all she acknowledge 's Naomi 's god and her willingness to follow him to the end , you know this , how she finishes of this commitment where you die I will die its to the end its to the end of my life , I will not walk out of it and even after you 've gone mother in law , even after you are dead I am still committed to that decision , this decision I am making today where you die I will die , there I will be buried , and here she sorts of puts this solemn vow to this commitment , thus may the lord to do me and worse if any thing but death parts you and me . |
| 9 | But it is , he thinks , more plausible , intelligible , and fruitful than any other . |
| 10 | The Radio 1 playlist is much maligned , but it is as honest and fair as any system . |
| 11 | When he was small , David Miller had been every bit as spirited and mischievous as any boy , but he had been bullied into believing otherwise . |
| 12 | Braking fast , Tabitha flew over a scene of obscure industry as stygian and grimy as any image of the shop floor of Hell . |
| 13 | She ran , sharp and sly as any fox , round the corner of the house and on , beneath the three windows of the drawing room and two of the morning room , until she stopped , chilled in anxiety , under the open window of the dining room , through which her marvel had been cast out . |
| 14 | ‘ V-very good , ’ she managed at last , desperately aware of the way his fingers were creeping from her chin , sliding down lightly to her neck , then on towards her throat — the ghost of a touch , as light and sensual as any touch could be and all the more powerful and disturbing for that . |
| 15 | I turned to look back at the softly gleaming , parallel surfaces converging towards an oblong of dimly lit structures , an oblong much taller and narrower than any doorway . |
| 16 | In those days , now more than 50 years ago , when I was 12 , I was as lively and active as any boy that age anywhere . |