Example sentences of "they [was/were] [verb] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were trying to find any clues that might help in the investigation . |
| 2 | It had become a question of the district committee 's prestige ; they were determined to use any weapon ready to their hand to vindicate their authority , and grossly abused the quite frightening powers at their command . ’ |
| 3 | They were invited to add any further comments on SSE generally . |
| 4 | I did n't think they were qualified to make any judgements . |
| 5 | They were art students at the time when art college was the bolthole for all the drug-deranged bongo bashers , paint flingers , crappy experimental film-makers and fanny dancers who thought being a student was a great doss but they were f—ed if they were going to read any books . |