Example sentences of "any [noun] [pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I can take any debts you might have on to my books and raise the money I need to start the business off , but I must tell you one thing , ’ Emily said , ‘ I am not rich , do n't make that mistake , I need the business to succeed or I 'm finished . ’ |
| 2 | in other words if you read it without any experience you might start thinking that it 's giving you a vision of the real heaven where as it 's just symbolic |
| 3 | But any hope he might have had of sliding his arm round her and trying a tentative first kiss on the drive home was scotched when she fell asleep the moment she got into the car . |
| 4 | There were no strike pay , you just had a promissory note that er if ever they got any money they 'd pay you , you see ? |
| 5 | By the late 1930s any money he may have received from his father had come to an end . |
| 6 | He phoned , and I answered the phone look and erm he changed the story , he said if she wants any money I 'll let her have some . |
| 7 | I wo n't give anybody any money you can go to the shop and buy what you basically need . |
| 8 | Fortunately her husband was in a good position financially , and so any money she might have earned was not essential to boost the family budget . |
| 9 | However , we can by no means stick slavishly to such a rule , for good harmonic flow needs variety in spacing intervals , and in any case we may wish to avoid smooth harmony and have something pungent , harsh , and bitter . |
| 10 | ‘ In any case you can shop in London any time you choose . ’ |
| 11 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 12 | She had an idea where the first sniper had been but in any case he could have moved . |
| 13 | In any case she would have had to wait , probably for many years … |
| 14 | The last use is the basis of the major work in this field , the treatment by Laver ( 1968 , 1980 ) ; if one adopts this as the meaning of ‘ voice quality ’ it is preferable to use the term ‘ phonation type ’ ( see Catford , 1964 ) for ( ii ) , and in any case I would prefer to use ‘ personal speaker characteristics ’ for ( i ) . |
| 15 | He seemed to be trying to pull himself together and just as the bus appeared at the mouth of the square , he murmured : ‘ Do n't worry about Mama ; she will have understood what you were thinking , and in any case I can tell her if you 'd like . ’ |
| 16 | " Well , in any case I 'd like to welcome you on board , Heinrich , hullo . " |
| 17 | Only now have I come to understand what it was my sixth sense was trying to tell me then ; in any case it would have been too late , Aunt Nessy was waiting , and bending down , I put my arms round her , and kissed her . |
| 18 | It is not clear that producers of genetically modified organisms will be fully liable for any damage they may cause . |
| 19 | If you make , sell or repair products , you could be liable for any damage they may cause . |
| 20 | A dangerous species is defined as ‘ a species ( a ) which is not commonly domesticated in the British Islands and ( b ) whose fully grown animals normally have such characteristics that they are likely , unless restrained , to cause severe damage or that any damage they may cause is likely to be severe . ’ |
| 21 | As to ( c ) , Tindal C.J. thought that where C refused to deliver up the goods or to answer A's demand , ‘ a jury might be induced to presume a conversion from such silence , or at any rate the owner might in such case enter and take his property subject to the payment of any damage he might commit . ’ |
| 22 | I found coming into Suffolk from Hertfordshire I had n't heard the , any East Anglian dialect before at all erm I did n't find it difficult , there were only two cases and I can remember thinking there were two people er , one of whom is still alive , er who I had great difficulty in understanding and I thought when I can follow both of them without any difficulty I shall know I really belong . |
| 23 | Right twenty second if there 's any difficulty I 'll come back to Paul and Keith cos to let everybody else know about any problems |
| 24 | ‘ Now I 'm in the voucher scheme I feel safer knowing that the council has looked at the people it employs , and if there 's any difficulty I can go to Joan [ the manager ] . ’ |
| 25 | in case it has any bearing on any difficulty you might have in the future so he 's to go down |
| 26 | The other reason is that there are at least some rules for judging advertisements , but most of these are based firmly in the objectives which the ads are trying to achieve : if we do not know what the objectives are , any judgement we may make is without a real foundation . |
| 27 | I felt that any response I might make to this sad ending would be inadequate to the occasion . |
| 28 | But soon he is forced by famine to go down to Egypt , and when he is about to cross the border he resorts to a ploy which knocks him straight off any pedestal we might have erected for him . |
| 29 | Thus it was hoped that they would seize any opportunity of increasing awareness and understanding of mental frailty in old age , among professionals , lay carers and local people in such a way as to increase people 's sympathy and confidence in any contacts they might have with elderly mentally frail people . |
| 30 | Do n't be afraid to seek advice from any contacts you may have in the field . |