Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had centre front stage , his voice projected forward over Therese 's , and he ceased to make any attempt to act out the plotted movements with her . |
| 2 | At one point he grew so angry he failed to blow any kind of a note on his horn ; he dashed it to the ground in a fury of petulance . |
| 3 | Guardian reader Peter John , who has holdings in Dumenil 's Swiss , French and Spanish funds , claims he failed to receive any dividends in June and November as he expected . |
| 4 | When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit . |
| 5 | Like his predecessors he failed to make any headway . |
| 6 | He tried to spot any spy-flies lurking in this foyer , little spies which so recently had been his own to command , till they were stolen . |
| 7 | Every time he tried to make any kind of serious statement or speech for years thereafter , people came back to the plants . |
| 8 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 9 | He had lied to Evelyn when he 'd denied any idea of what the ransackers were looking for . |
| 10 | It was the first time in ages he 'd demonstrated any kind of protectiveness towards her and she could n't help warming to that . |
| 11 | Mm , mm its one of the great arguments from the old fashioned sort of religion , that you could turn , you could definitely turn to people and say why are you leaning on me so hard , for all this to fought , you ought to be reading your bible , saying your prayers , going to church and getting in touch with the boss why I laughed when they were saying that Terry Waite would need counselling , I bet that Terry Waite was praying his head off and he 'd memorised masses of the bible which he would be reciting to himself probably set himself two o'clock every afternoon , I remember what I can , book of you know I do n't suppose he 'd needed any counselling , he 'd probably do better counselling other people . |
| 12 | Even if he 'd shown any signs at all of wanting to have her around — which he had n't — she 'd be nothing more than a burden . |
| 13 | If he 'd got any sense at all ( which he probably did n't ) he 'd go to the bank and try to draw out money . |
| 14 | Antenor de Santa Cruz , commander of the Amazon , spoke on behalf of the military when he pledged to fight any defence of the ‘ environment and minorities ’ and to ‘ occupy the [ Yanomami ] area , rather than giving it up . ’ |
| 15 | His largest fault , perhaps , and one natural to a good hater , was a congenital inability to accept that mortal creatures hold incompatible views and behave in ways incompatible with their views , so that to the end of his days he declined to accept any difference between holding a speculative opinion that is evil and being bad . |
| 16 | Though crippled , he managed to give any woman in his presence the conviction that she was delicate , helpless , and ultra-decorative , and could rely on him to shelter her from life 's cruel blows . |
| 17 | If he did eat any food he would either chew very slowly or just hold it in his mouth . |
| 18 | Women were easily captivated by Charles , when he bothered to make any effort to captivate : they humbly smiled when he turned his head to pay them attention . |
| 19 | Jones subsequently denied , however , that he had given any pledge of support to Braithwaite . |
| 20 | Michael Goodman , spokesman for the Lower Ormeau Residents ' Action Group , said he had hoped any problems would have been ironed out following a meeting with Laganside , the DoE and the contractors last month . |
| 21 | Algerian official sources denied that he had met any opposition groups . |
| 22 | He would not , I am sure , have understood the significance of the convolvulus ; or , if he had made any effort , he would still have got it wrong . |
| 23 | In an interview with La Stampa yesterday , Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA chief Carlo De Benedetti condemned the pervasive system of political corruption , which he says obligated Olivetti to pay bribes or lose contracts , as ‘ having reduced Italy to a state worse than the Third World ’ : he says that at the last shareholders meeting earlier this year , he had to deny any bribery because he could n't preview information to the shareholders that was intended for the legal authorities ; he says that facing the judges , he felt liberated from a weight — ‘ then I felt a sense of justice — it pleased me to be there , ’ noting that when the company decided that the demands of the postal service for slush funds became too extreme and Olivetti stopped paying , ‘ we did n't sell another machine to the Post — we had arrived at the absurd point where , if we did n't pay , we did n't work and the moment we quit paying , we did n't work any more ’ . |
| 24 | First he had to quell any panic . |
| 25 | If however he had entertained any doubt on the matter , I feel sure that he would as a matter I will not say of honesty but of courtesy refused [ sic ] to accept the money until the position had been made clear to him . |
| 26 | As soon as he had apprehended any kidnappers , the state prosecutor moved in on the hostages and he never saw them again . |
| 27 | Harris asked the Ambassador whether he had received any letters from Amnesty members concerning Guatemalan street children ( who are routinely rounded up and beaten by that country 's security forces ) . |
| 28 | He was a senior , dedicated member , and it did n't at first appear that he had committed any atrocities , but we later found out that he was responsible for denouncing people who had anti-Fascist sympathies , and that it was because of him that we had been taken to Tabiano . |
| 29 | If he had had any decency he would have talked to Mr Malik about what was going to happen . |
| 30 | Owen half-realized this and if he had had any sense would have shut up , but Mahmoud 's moods blew up very suddenly out of an apparently clear sky and once again he was slow in reacting . |