Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv prt] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monty was supposed to be on the wagon and I certainly did n't see him drinking , until I discovered that every time he passed the bar he 'd pick up any bottle that was on the bar and drink it . |
| 2 | Except that the fire is definitely located in the nose cone , which would rule out any engine explosion . |
| 3 | So , unless he planned to lie there until nightfall , which would rule out any possibility of his getting up to town to give his evening 's performance , he had to make a move . |
| 4 | The other criteria I I I I tend to agree with are matters which are capable of being weighing and balancing against each other and they are not overriding , but I think those three matter which I specified are overriding and would rule out any location . |
| 5 | Chesarynth booted in the program , making her own little file with an octopus of dark hollow symbols : a worm that would eat up any trace of her prying , provided she did the whole thing quickly enough that no-one noticed while she was in . |
| 6 | For a small fee , usually a week 's tuck allowance , she would duff up any victim selected . |
| 7 | Barriers at each end would keep out any traffic other than cycles and pedestrians . |
| 8 | Barriers at each end would keep out any traffic other than cycles and pedestrians . |
| 9 | Any lumberjack who was feeling sufficiently ill-disposed towards his fellow drinking companions could place on his shoulder a small chip of wood to indicate he would take on any man who cared to flick it off . |
| 10 | Whoever wrote it or designed those basic garments knew that you would be struggling to learn all you could in the shortest possible time and that to give you concise diagrams and stitch and row numbers would cut down any need for extra calculations by you . |
| 11 | We would line up across the parade ground , shoulder to shoulder , and in a slow forward walk , eyes fixed on the ground , would pick up any cigarette ends or pieces of paper on the gravel . |
| 12 | And er they would put up any case that they had from their branch . |