Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Drought , which had seriously affected the country between 1987 and 1989 and had led to severe job losses , remained a problem , the resulting need to increase food imports contributing to a rising trade deficit ( which for the period January to July 1990 totalled US$1,125 million , an increase of 35 per cent on the corresponding period in 1989 ) and expected to offset any gains from higher prices for oil exports .
2 He can claim the return of the price he paid to Y. This claim is based upon a breach of contract by Y in that Y did not have the right to sell the goods and failed to confer any ownership upon his buyer , Z ( see paragraph 7–07 below ) .
3 The Committee proposed to raise the maximum penalty for this offence to five years , but limited its recommendation to cases where D actively deceives V and failed to make any provision for cases where D takes advantage of a known mistake .
4 She soon fell victim , and ceased to show any signs of life .
5 ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name .
6 Mr Delors is said to have phoned Mr MacSharry and threatened to have any deal involving concessions voted down in Brussels .
7 Other attacks included : ( i ) an explosion at the offices of the French Banque Nationale de Paris in Athens on March 10 , 1989 , which a group calling itself Revolutionary Solidarity claimed was in support of the French urban guerrilla organization Action Directe ; ( ii ) a bomb attack on April 10 on a judge 's apartment in Athens for which the May 1 Revolutionary Organization claimed responsibility and threatened to attack any judge supporting the extradition to the USA of Muhammad Rashid [ see p. 36667 ] ; ( iii ) a bomb attack on the Justice Ministry on June 1 and on three government offices in Athens and Piraeus on June 13 for which the Revolutionary Popular Struggle ( ELA ) claimed responsibility ; ( iv ) car-bomb attacks on three US vehicles near Athens on Oct. 22 in which four Greeks were slightly injured and for which ELA claimed responsibility ; ( v ) a car-bomb attack on March 19 , 1990 , which injured a former senior British Petroleum executive ; and ( vi ) attacks on 12 cars belonging to East European and Arab diplomats on March 27 , for which an organization called Social Resistance claimed responsibility on behalf of the " vested rights of Third-World countries " .
8 He looked around from force of habit , but the spooks from the Mukhabarat were too disorganized and demoralized to pay any attention to a couple of middle-aged men crouched over a whisky .
9 When you 've entered the drive , directory and load command , this is converted into a batch file that can be saved and edited using any text editor .
10 He sounded coherent , but he was too ill and doped to have any idea what he was saying .
11 ‘ Suppose someone could n't understand why you did n't arrest Harry , particularly in view of all the hounding in the papers , and decided to remove any doubts you might be showing ? ’
12 This was largely because the 1990 budget agreement — reached after a protracted and bitter struggle — had already dictated overall ceilings for defence , foreign aid and discretionary domestic spending , and had prohibited any tax cuts or the expansion of major benefit programmes unless specific revenue could be found to fund them .
13 The kindness of Cinzia Miletti 's heart was a quality Zen had considerable difficulty in imagining where Ivy Cook was concerned , but he found it easy enough to believe that in her husband 's absence Cinzia had been feeling bored and had welcomed any excuse for going into Perugia .
14 Dierdriu had never lost a lover , for Dierdriu had been reckless and abandoned , and had had any man she had ever wanted .
15 In his invasion manifesto , William had made no mention of intending the throne for himself , and had avoided any attacks on James , but instead had blamed the King 's evil counsellors , and promised to call a free Parliament to settle the affairs of the Kingdom .
16 The Dwarfs retreated from the field claiming that honour was satisfied and refused to answer any Elf petitions for the return of the crown .
17 But at Allen Street , where he lived in considerable poverty , he insisted on his independence , cooked all his meals on a gas ring in his room and refused to accept any hospitality from Minton .
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