Example sentences of "to [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do feel a profound antipathy to firing any type of gun inside a ship I 'm piloting , ’ the Navigator said loftily . |
| 2 | Although he was still hardly up to seeing any visitors , the staff nurse on his ward was quite relieved one day when a large buxom-looking woman , calling herself a friend , arrived asking to see Major Freddie Nash . |
| 3 | Used to smothering any animal she met with love , she felt dreadfully deprived when the Argentine ponies flinched away from her . |
| 4 | Many examples are to be found among local families , who probably had little practical alternative to accepting any change of lordship at Middleham . |
| 5 | Many examples are to be found among local families , who probably had little practical alternative to accepting any change of lordship at Middleham . |
| 6 | Superintendent Mercer had selected his two sergeants with an eye to contrast or , perhaps , with a view to satisfying any prejudices which Dalgliesh might harbour about the age and experience of his subordinates . |
| 7 | That is in addition to keeping any deposit he obtained from the original buyer ( see paragraph 2–17 above ) . |
| 8 | Such an approach might begin by adopting Goffman 's ( 1976 ) distinction between systems-constraints and ritual-constraints , where the first labels the ingredients essential to sustaining any kind of systematic interweaving of actions by more than one party , and the second those ingredients that , while not essential to the maintaining of interaction , are nevertheless typical of it they are , if one likes , the social dimensions of interaction . |
| 9 | No one individual statistic or set of statistics holds the key to describing any community . |
| 10 | mm , mm in any event members of the jury I , I forgot to mention to you earlier , er , thank you Mr you probably feel a wisdom of this having done several days of this case , two and a half hours is just about as long as anybody can be expected to sit and listen to evidence and er , what I was going to do , and I hope it does n't inconvenience anybody , I was going , instead of going on for three hours till one o'clock , I was gon na break off about half past twelve to about half past one , to break up the day as you know , I hope that 's alright , so what we 'll do we 'll go on now and , and I 'm sure , I think it 's doubtful if you would have got to that point by half past twelve , and then you and Lord sort it out and your learned duties as much as you can in the adjournment and then tell me afterwards what the brochure position is , I 'm sure you 've no objection to disclosing any brochures that you 've got that erm , or can get er which relate to that point |
| 11 | And when I get a moment I 'll get down to noting any facts I think could help you . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm so terribly sorry , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she returned , her voice dripping sarcasm , ‘ Cook did n't get round to baking any cookies today . |
| 13 | The Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) was initially opposed to joining any coalition which included the right-wing German Social Union ( DSU ) , not least because the DSU and especially its chairman , Hans-Wilhelm Ebeling , had sought during the election campaign to associate the SPD with the former Communist regime . |
| 14 | She was on guard all the time and not used to having any kind of affection . |
| 15 | In another country they would have been called intellectuals , but the English have never admitted to having any intellectuals . |
| 16 | The truth of the matter is that , conceptually , rhythm occupies that grey area of learning that few students of the guitar will admit to having any desire to explore . |
| 17 | I know it 's a bit of tenuous link but there we are — other than that I 've no great claims to knowing any Leeds players |
| 18 | The settlor is able to recover the tax paid by him from any trustee or person to whom the income arises under the settlement , subject to crediting any allowance or relief so obtained by the settlor . |
| 19 | NB The new licence will give you the opportunity to consent to donating any organs you may wish for transplant purposes in the event of your death . |
| 20 | Notwithstanding his attempts to appease conservative critics , Mr Frohnmayer 's aversion to placing any restrictions on artistic freedom was increasingly apparent . |
| 21 | After three days without food , Campana 's men were reduced to scavenging any remnants they could find upon the bodies lying near their position . |
| 22 | There are thousands and thousands of bands that just practise and practise all the time , and they never get round to playing any gigs . |
| 23 | Indeed , the scope of s2(2) is extensive in this respect : ( 2 ) A person who , not having reasonable cause to believe there is a right to payment , in the course of any trade or business and with a view to obtaining any payment for what he knows are unsolicited goods sent as aforesaid ( a ) threatens to bring any legal proceedings ; or ( b ) places or causes to be placed the name of any person on a list of defaulters or debtors or threatens to do so ; or ( c ) invokes or causes to be invoked any other collection procedure or threatens to do so , shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [ level 5 on the standard scale ] . |
| 24 | Her involvement in the process of witching and un-witching was the single path to obtaining any information on the subject , for she found she was unable to operate ‘ in the standard situation in which information is exchanged and where the ethnographer may hope to have neutral knowledge … about beliefs and practices ’ ( ibid. 11 ) . |
| 25 | Acknowledging that Soviet leaders in the past had failed to tell the truth on the issue , Yeltsin pledged his government 's commitment to finding any US citizens detained in his country . |
| 26 | Prior to making any curtains or blinds , make sure you are properly equipped . |
| 27 | That each individual being transferred out of ISS will have the opportunity of spending up to three days in the new location prior to making any decision to transfer . |
| 28 | We are committed to making any changes that may be required to ensure that we can and do regulate effectively . |
| 29 | He was thus encouraged to believe that the Cambridge Board entertained some doubt over the strength of its case for unilateral action and was therefore anxious to reach a negotiated agreement with the WEA prior to making any application for additional Chapter III providing powers . |
| 30 | Even then , such is Peter 's Jewish prejudice , the Holy Spirit has to take the initiative in falling upon Cornelius and his company before ever Peter had got round to making any appeal to repentance , faith and baptism ( 10:44f ) . |