Example sentences of "be [adv] [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had always been so against any kind of what he called ‘ gobbledygook ’ . |
| 2 | Actually they 're fifties maisonettes in the city 's East End , there 's nothing satanic about them , they 're just like any block of flats you 've ever seen , only worse . |
| 3 | But you 're never under any obligation to buy . |
| 4 | 1 You 're never under any obligation to buy ! |
| 5 | 4 Each pack costs around £8 — but you can always say no to any pack you do n't want , you 're never under any obligation to buy and we 'll stop sending you them whenever you ask |
| 6 | ‘ We are totally against any form of discrimination , ’ a Belgian official told New Scientist . |
| 7 | If you are still in any doubt , take your client 's instructions . |
| 8 | This ‘ may be known to be so by any man 's experience , that will but examine his own mind ’ . |
| 9 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 10 | Would I be away at any time , when was ill or needed his mummy ? |
| 11 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
| 12 | She would not expect Rachaela to be home in any case and always had her lunch and tea with Emma . |
| 13 | ’ He could be here for any number of reasons … ’ |
| 14 | We can expect him to be resolutely against any erosion of goal-differentials , and right-wingers are likely to find themselves distinctly out of favour . |
| 15 | We are going to be ahead of any market in Europe . ’ |
| 16 | Earlier in the month I had been strongly against any idea of coalition … |
| 17 | The quality , calibre , extra capability and extra commitment that they give are well worth any time that may be given up to volunteer reserve service . |
| 18 | In other words , he should have treated the media business as being just like any other . |
| 19 | ‘ Just to demonstrate — if it were ever in any doubt — the total unsuitability of our present situation . |
| 20 | There was another long banner , duplication of the one in the station , fastened to the side of the train , telling all the passengers what they were going on , if they were still in any doubt . |
| 21 | ‘ He came out with bits of information that were never of any use to anyone : But Ken could turn any conversation into an erudite discussion — and also make jokes about them . ’ |
| 22 | On behalf of the Crown it was contended that the law did not recognise any such general principle as was involved in the primary submission for Woolwich , that the facts of the case did not meet the established principles governing the restitution of sums paid under duress , and that the revenue were never under any obligation to make any repayment and did so only as a matter of grace . |
| 23 | More than forty years later , the Cornish and De von Post put me in touch with one of the other boys from Black Rock , Stewart Barr-Hall , who confirmed that we were never in any kind of danger . |
| 24 | In theory at least , the diameters range from 5 to 15mm ( 0.2 to 0.6in ) and lengths are around 2 metres ( 78 in ) which is enough for any kite spar . |
| 25 | The interior of Kevin Saunderson 's apartment in industrial , decaying , downtown Detroit is much like any apartment belonging to a young and moderately wealthy man . |
| 26 | ( Kim , 1981 ) It is exactly unlike any theory which does somehow locate nomic connection in the mental order , whether or not it then relocates it elsewhere , and thus is properly labelled Idealist . |
| 27 | In many ways , a regulated firm is just like any other . |
| 28 | He is also without any doubt at all by far the most talented and charismatic singer-songwriter-storyteller in Britain . |
| 29 | If the result is never in any doubt , so that it is not ‘ the people ’ but always and only a section and that the same section of them which confers consent on government , then those who feel themselves permanently excluded will also feel no great obligations to the regime . |
| 30 | For awareness of Mystery brings a paradox : at the same time that religious people claim to have knowledge of this Mystery they become more deeply aware that it is infinitely beyond any understanding . |