Example sentences of "[verb] any sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | The senator had just told me how difficult it was to extract any sense from his son , yet apparently Rickie was not so far gone as the senator had suggested . |
| 2 | ‘ Not if he has any sense . ’ |
| 3 | If IBM has any sense ( which is in itself a topic worthy of serious consideration ) it will offer versions of its engine for the entire ES/9000 range ; should it do so , the 9221 version might be nothing larger than a circuit board or two that fits in a standard rack . |
| 4 | If the character has any sense , he will realize that being out in a lightning storm carrying a chunk of metal is n't a good idea , and drop it to his associates on the ground , turn ethereal , or take some other steps to ensure his safety . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , if the enemy has any sense , he will know this . |
| 6 | And no-one I know has any sense of ‘ the family ’ . |
| 7 | This fellow 's excuse for putting his shovel into the public purse is that he is executive producer of the Wogan show , something he keeps to himself in public places if he has any sense . |
| 8 | Headphones listening splits the left/right signals too dramatically and , for most people , fails to provide any sense of space in the frontal ‘ cone ’ . |
| 9 | Indeed , given the high claims monarchs made for themselves , and the excesses of adoration with which they were treated — and by the time of Mary Queen of Scots , this had reached a very high level indeed — we may wonder that so many of them retained any sense of balance at all . |
| 10 | Yet the yawning emptiness out here upon the vast deck already seemed to be swallowing any sense of connexion with the interior of the fortress-monastery … |
| 11 | How could such a debate stimulate any sense of loyalty towards her travelling companions ? |
| 12 | He had told her the one thing of importance , even if nothing else made any sense . |
| 13 | His few words scarcely made any sense to her . |
| 14 | Although some years later he was to describe the kind of people with whom he now associated in a less than enthusiastic manner , it was really only in such company that he could feel any sense of purposefulness . |
| 15 | ‘ But do n't fed any sense of anticlimax , because everyone here wants to meet you , and all sorts of parties are being arranged , and several people are going to be calling you in the morning . ’ |
| 16 | Do you play sometimes cos you ca n't be bothered doing the work cos you ca n't see any sense in it ? |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't see any sense in subjecting him to a hard race in the Gold Cup when I know that his blood has been wrong , ’ he explained . |
| 18 | Now I ca n't see any sense in throwing whatsit , the javelin . |
| 19 | If the authorities had had any sense , they would have closed the cafes . ’ |
| 20 | If Philip had had any sense he 'd have brought it down with him , that and the other stuff . |
| 21 | If either of us had had any sense we 'd have realised from the start something like this had happened . |
| 22 | ‘ If I 'd had any sense at all I would have signed them up for ten years or fifteen per cent … ! ’ |
| 23 | If she had had any sense she would still be in London , planning her next social function with her friends , instead of slinking off to the south of France because she had felt claustrophobic , because she needed to formulate a way of telling her fiancé that their engagement was off . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place . |
| 26 | Nor can I remember any sense of restraint : the landscape belonged to me and I to it , and I was free to explore it and be nurtured by it in a subconscious Wordsworthian sort of way . |
| 27 | These were only occasional solemn thoughts , and there was one easy way to avoid any sense of boredom : go to the Villa Faalifu and see the elegant Paula Reece — with a chance , too , of meeting Lucy . |
| 28 | Whizz round the sights and then if you 've got any sense get back inside the Palast . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | If you 've got any sense , you 'll love them . |