Example sentences of "be [adv] for any " in BNC.
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1 | They had n't been out for any days since Adam had been at home . |
2 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
3 | The only thing that we do , and we 've always done it without Neighbourhood Watch , we always make a point of telling one another when we 're gon na be away for any period of time . |
4 | It wo n't be over for any of us until the people who make war have been destroyed . ’ |
5 | It may be preferably for any payments to be payable to the purchaser and to be stated to be adjustments to the purchase price . |
6 | ’ He could be here for any number of reasons … ’ |
7 | In theory at least , the diameters range from 5 to 15mm ( 0.2 to 0.6in ) and lengths are around 2 metres ( 78 in ) which is enough for any kite spar . |
8 | In fact , as we have already indicated , there can be little doubt that the most important and overriding purpose of comparative studies is not for any practical policy implications which may be derived . |
9 | " Well , it 's not for any outsider to say , " remarked Alice . |
10 | argue I mean there 's no , it 's not for any one of us |
11 | This is n't for any covert reason , it just happens that most of the BBC 's committee rooms are down there ! |
12 | ‘ God , ’ Vincent groaned , ‘ what hope is there for any of us ! ’ |
13 | If these upper- and middle-class criminals are also pathological , then what hope is there for any of us ! |
14 | ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath . |
15 | At the symposium , ‘ Are You Prepared for IT ? ’ , hosted by Zenith Data Systems , Gates spoke out on object programming , saying he thought the concept was just another hype that extends far beyond the reality available today — having said that , he said to look out for Microsoft 's Object Linking and Embedding 2.0 ‘ during 1993 ’ , saying he was all for any technology that will enable the economical re-use of parts of programs . |
16 | The cutting down of the scrub was merely to facilitate the minimal use by the goats — it was not for any wider purpose . |
17 | Somehow , she had a need to know all she could about him — and in there lay the conflict — because whatever she would have asked , or learned , was not for any write-up which she might hand over to her sister for her use , but was private and personal , and for her alone . |
18 | he was on , I mean it was n't it was n't for any reason it was just a |
19 | If Gharr was there for any reason to do with me , I 'd have to wait and find out . |
20 | The lines could , of course , be read as reflecting on Alison : " she was there for any man " . |