Example sentences of "that [vb past] any [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But the longer she stared at that tiny betraying smudge , the more she realised that it was the only explanation that made any sense at all . |
2 | Yet — there was an enduring lone voice among the internal babble which held out strong and true for Dane , and somehow its message was the only one that made any sense . |
3 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
4 | The central problem developed when the participatory nature of ritual was destroyed and replaced with a concept of a god who had no need for the feelings of people , who was placed above them in ways that made any behaviour other than worship and penitence irrelevant . |
5 | Inevitably , though , these were not the questions that made any impact on the ‘ mainland ’ electoral agenda . |
6 | The blackness enveloped so warm and close and , I believed , extended infinitely away from the street on all sides , something that made any street plan impossible . |
7 | Monique Javer also pulled a bad one out of the hat , and lost 6–1 , 6–0 to Fernandez with a performance that lacked any hint of a challenge . |
8 | As expected , he found no tell-tale clues that revealed any devices . |
9 | The unemployment figures demonstrate that Northern Ireland was the only part of the United Kingdom that experienced no increase in unemployment ; the Cambridge econometric forecast shows that last year it was the only region that experienced any growth , and that this year it is likely to be one of four regions that will experience growth . |
10 | My Lords , I have long thought that the time had come to change the self-imposed judicial rule that forbade any reference to the legislative history of an enactment as an aid to its interpretation . |
11 | James winded ; his attacker sprawling over him punching , and thrusting with his thick trunk in a way that prevented any return blow . |
12 | Horror stories abound : of the rogue 's law that prevented any port agent who sold directly to fishmongers from ever trading with a Billingsgate merchant again ; of the nepotism that determined who could have a stand in the market ; and of prices that varied according to who you were and whether you had a good introduction . |
13 | On returning to London , she patented a line-divider , a drawing device that allowed any line to be divided into any given number of equal parts . |
14 | But it was only about two shops that showed any signs of life . |
15 | There was only two of us that showed any interest at all in that and that was the guy that was working here , he was running the photography and myself . |
16 | Once appraised of the real facts , there was only one person that showed any opposition to flying taking place at the airfield . |
17 | He had mentioned to them the possibility of a deal and even the likelihood of profit , and proposed that one of the laundress 's sons come with a ladder and pick the tree clean this autumn , before the mulberries matured to that soft ripeness that threatened any laundry hanging near . |
18 | So do you , do you think erm this , this sort of movement towards the er cities and urban centres , this sort of gravity focus , do you think that indicated any sort of error sort of thing in , in land reforms ? |
19 | In the Lincolnshire fens he had public responsibilities as a commissioner for sewers and private interests as an early ‘ adventurer ’ , ‘ one of the very first that inned any marsh in Holland ’ , and a pioneer of windmills and other ‘ engines ’ , ‘ toys ’ , and ‘ gewgaws ’ . |
20 | Marcus had embarrassed Bill — as well as hurting him — in a way that outstripped any mischief or shock Bill had ever caused . |
21 | This was on-the-edge black comedy that dispelled any vestige of condescension that might have been felt towards the performers . |
22 | There was nothing of interest or value , nothing that gave any clue as to why the scientist had been killed . |
23 | The only detail that gave any clue to his character , his description of his hobbies as ‘ the pleasures of Lawrence 's prose and vintage port ’ , did little to endear him to her . |
24 | At least , not in any sense that had any bearing on the case . |
25 | Incidentally , it was the only part of the so-called garden that had any depth of soil at all ; the rest was very sparsely covered . |
26 | A thing to be forgotten , and certainly not something that had any power in the present except that of a distant unhappy memory . |
27 | According to this , she was a student — the only part of the whole application , aside from her name , that had any truth to it . |
28 | Those that had any length of time in , they had a hand-out . |
29 | He also became friends with the eccentric Duke of Montagu of Boughton House in Northamptonshire , for ‘ In Stamford … there was not one person , clergy or lay , that had any taste of learning or ingenuity , so that I was actually as much dead in converse as in a coffin . ’ |