Example sentences of "do anything but " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 2 | I fail to see how this derisory ‘ cash pledge ’ can do anything but further damage the image of Merseyrail . |
| 3 | ‘ Grandmothers do n't have to do anything but be there . |
| 4 | . An élève of your school , I do not wish to do anything but what will elucidate the truth … |
| 5 | I never imagined myself doing anything but acting , ’ she says with a wide grin and then breaks in to a quick burst of singing : ‘ There 's no business like show business … ’ |
| 6 | Any man who 's fool enough to believe that a model 's doing anything but her job on the catwalk — ’ His laughter stopped her in mid-sentence . |