Example sentences of "do [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chambers and Trudgill ( 1980 : 90 ) note that it is ‘ not possible to set up done as any kind of linguistic variable , since it is not a form which is involved in alternation with other forms that could be considered to be ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ ' . |
| 2 | This can be done for any letter position , including the first and the last letters of a word , and for more than one letter position , although it is not a good policy to allow more than two per word if the accuracy of the recogniser is to be relied on at all . |
| 3 | You must get out of this place and do the one good thinking you 'll ever have done for any woman . |
| 4 | And how did you actually , I mean , did you do all this er er er , as it were in an amateur way or did you do through any kind of profe , wi with the help of doctors or |
| 5 | ‘ EVERY SURVEY ever done of any organisation shows that a proportion of its employees have experienced harassment . |
| 6 | This will vary depending upon its age and level of training , but can be done with any horse . |
| 7 | That is the first thing you should do with any burn , put people in a cold bath , anything to keep the burns cold because otherwise they can keep burning in for something like five hours . |
| 8 | I have n't been to a Leeds match for absolutely ages and could do with any info on getting hold of tickets , which parts of the ground need tickets and the best places to stand/sit … and park the car etc . |
| 9 | It could be a very important story , and , knowing the damage our grape-vine could do with any story , the only way to stop that was to keep this one to myself . |
| 10 | Adjudicative authorities , one might say , are precisely those in which the role of the authority is to judge what are the reasons which apply to its subjects and decide accordingly , i.e. their decisions are merely meant to declare what ought to be done in any case . |
| 11 | This can be done in any way you please , but once the order is chosen , it stays fixed . |
| 12 | The PhD degree may be awarded for work done in any department of the University . |
| 13 | The ordering of the Agenda can be done in any number of ways , breadth first , depth-first or , in most instances , based on scores of some kind . |
| 14 | The IOC Medical Commission was aware of this , and , for this reason , the presence of a Y chromosome was not a reason for exclusion ; a complete physical examination was done before any decision about eligibility . |
| 15 | Our findings have relevance for moral philosophy , but the philosophers can be left to draw their own conclusions — as they will do in any case . |
| 16 | ‘ The court clearly has jurisdiction within the ambit of the 1968 Act and rules to see that no injustice is done to any applicant or appellant . |
| 17 | The visit to the bank by the wife after undue influence had been exercised upon her by the husband was purely a matter of formality of signing the document which had been retained at the bank and which was done without any kind of advice in the presence of a junior member of the staff . |
| 18 | He used to work as a policeman and , on the few occasions when he was in extreme danger , automatically did whatever had to be done without any thought for his own safety . |
| 19 | This was done without any cynicism or insincerity . |
| 20 | I realize that this was done without any intention of hurting anyone , but maybe it would be good to point out that this term can and does offend . |
| 21 | All this is commonly done without any demonstration of verbal consciousness or deliberate reflection . |
| 22 | People er I mean th they could n't help a lot because they 'd got nothing themselves a lot of them but there was a lot of help done without any fuss or bother , I mean er er a bloke 'd say er , have you got a fag ? |
| 23 | Whether in terms of German economic and monetary union , the immediate measures that the European Community will be thinking of taking , the transitional arrangements once Germany is unified , and that this was done without any rancour but was done with the feelings of directly elected parliamentarians . |
| 24 | ( All waist exercises should be done without any strain or jerking . |
| 25 | The diesel check , described by one test station owner as ‘ the worst possible thing you could do to any engine , ’ was suspended yesterday pending the results of an inquiry into the damage claims . |
| 26 | It later transpired that the Hargrave vehicle customs-cleared its load of Spanish refrigerated produce in Dover as it would have done on any night of the year , up till now . |
| 27 | Versions of the traditional hornpipe danced by sailors of many nationalities are featured in many ballets because it is so descriptive of the very particular way in which seamen walk and do the many different jobs that have to be done on any kind of boat . |
| 28 | And it can be done at any level . |
| 29 | The only exception to this rule is when the Attorney-General enters a nolle prosequi which can be done at any stage of the proceedings . |
| 30 | Evans flushed and looked far more embarrassed than he had done at any stage so far . |