Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [vb past] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that I knew any foreigners , though I recall thinking that there were two kinds . |
| 2 | If you look at the News item regarding Hoof Branding in the September issue you will see that I recommended any form of security marking and that hoof branding was suggested as an alternative to freezebranding for those who choose not to freezebrand their horses . |
| 3 | Oh I did n't feel that I had any gripes from our point of view . |
| 4 | I even took its number just to prove how professional I was , not that I had any idea how it could help . |
| 5 | Well I I I mean there i thinking back , I did n't think at that stage , I hope I 'm right about this , th that I had any idea that Geoffrey Howe was going to resign . |
| 6 | Not that I had any idea what his present salary was . |
| 7 | Without really still thinking that I had any chance of success , I went back down to the Circle Line and journeyed on to Liverpool Street . |
| 8 | No way could a person eat something like that — not that I had any intention of killing and consuming the poor creature , now that my eyes had been opened . |
| 9 | I was n't at all sure that I had any right to make the request that I proposed to make . |
| 10 | ‘ Not that I had any doubts on the score , ’ Penry assured her as they set off towards Haverfordwest . |
| 11 | I can claim that I did , and that I never breached that trust , assuming that I had any information of a sufficiently intriguing character to make it worthwhile betraying a friend . |
| 12 | For all his ego and vanity , even Florian has never for a moment imagined that I felt any sort of lust or love for him , although he also has no idea just how selfish and immature I do find him outside a broadcasting studio . |
| 13 | He complained , not at length : ‘ This was the first time , and except one , the last , that I found any reason to complain of a Scotish [ sic ] table , and such disappointments , I suppose , must be expected in every country , where there is no great frequence of travellers . ’ |
| 14 | I mean the one is a classic one when she knew it was Scottish based that she passed any correspondence on |
| 15 | And erm , it s it seems to be an entirely er rational position for any public politician , for instance , Mrs Thatcher before the seventy-nine election , denying that she had any plans to double V A T , or Mr Major denying some of the plans for raising taxes that we 've come up with , or indeed denying plans to privatise the forestry commission . |
| 16 | He did n't mind telling her in no uncertain terms to keep her distance from him , not that she had any inclination to do anything else , but obviously felt no compulsion to obey those rules when applied to himself . |
| 17 | She was trying hard to deny to herself that she had any feelings for him . |
| 18 | This was no credit to her own piety — but what was the use of pretending that she had any piety left ? |
| 19 | If she found it stretching credulity that a meeting between them was n't inevitable she 'd always fiercely denied to herself that she had any interest in seeing him again , so why should she be feeling so shivery and hot , almost as if she had a fever ? |
| 20 | ‘ Wyndham ’ was n't a very unusual name and , so far , no one seemed to suspect that she had any connection with the newsworthy , hard and formidable entrepreneur Ross Wyndham . |
| 21 | By a notice of appeal dated 1 March 1991 the defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the donee of the power of appointment , the defendant 's mother , Mrs. Mary Steed , did not know that she had been appointed attorney by the defendant and accordingly could not have known that she had any power to deal with his property when she executed the transfer of 4 September 1979 , and that in those circumstances the plea of non est factum ought to have succeeded on the judge 's finding that the donee was tricked into signing the transfer ; ( 2 ) the judge having rightly concluded that the transaction as affected was not a sale , save possibly at such a gross undervalue as to vitiate it as a sale , should therefore have held that the transfer was void and ineffective ; ( 3 ) the judge having rightly concluded that he retained a discretion to rectify the charges register against the registered holder , notwithstanding , as he found , that ( i ) the title of the mortgagors , Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , was merely voidable and not void , and ( ii ) that the registered holders of the charge were bona fide mortgagees for value without notice of the facts giving rise to voidability , then wrongly exercised his discretion to refuse to rectify since the considerations in favour of rectification could hardly have been stronger and his refusal to exercise his discretion was tantamount to denying the effective existence of such discretion , as if it was not exercised on the facts of this case it could never , or virtually never , be exercised at all ; and that , in the premises , the judge had erred in law in placing excessive reliance upon ( i ) and ( ii ) above to the exclusion of the other considerations which favoured rectification . |
| 22 | But you did n't even have a wife — at least , not one that you had any contact with . |
| 23 | But he kept your secret , Pamela , and would not own that you gave any encouragement to his addresses . |
| 24 | A number of manors , such as Patching , complained repeatedly that they could not cope with such demands ; there is little evidence that they got any cuts . |
| 25 | This dual safeguard , which was designed not merely to maintain the real value of benefits , but also to guarantee that they paralleled any increase in the real incomes of the working population , was removed in 1980 . |
| 26 | The Direktor felt , not for the first time , deeply resentful of the fact that they had any part in choosing the programme . |
| 27 | Both consistently denied that they had any case to answer . |
| 28 | They both knew that a loss had been suffered which had to be apportioned between them , but there is nothing to show that they had any idea , let alone conflicting ideas , of what the correct apportionment should be . |
| 29 | Only the precision of their linear positioning suggested that they had any significance at all . |
| 30 | That they had any cohesion at all was impressive and when they also succeeded in driving through the heart of the French forwards an improbable victory became at least possible . |