Example sentences of "[verb] for anything that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Josie glanced over the arrangements , as if checking for anything that she may have missed . |
| 2 | Duncan got in the cab and searched for anything that might have been left . |
| 3 | All morning the world 's top cyclists will have been reconnoitring the course , selecting their gear ratios and the most suitable of their many bikes , looking at the route for the best way through corners , testing the strength and direction of the wind — looking for anything that will give them that little extra in this first trial of strength , which will be clocked in tenths and hundredths of a second . |
| 4 | In fieldwork , you are really looking for anything that might confirm the existence of a ley . |
| 5 | She set off round the perimeter of the vast doorway , looking for anything that resembled a control panel . |
| 6 | Members of the public reading his speech will claw through its 47 minutes looking for anything that has happened in the past year for which the Government can claim credit . |
| 7 | Therefore , we must expect some major changes in that region in the coming years and be prepared for anything that might arise as a result . |
| 8 | Reaching the shed , I stepped over several mounds of brick and other rubble and went inside , looking carefully at the wet streaked brick walls searching for anything that could be identifiable with the depot . |
| 9 | Look for anything that gives them a better chance of following the plot . |
| 10 | Bob Bennett was a typical Cockney with a dry sense of humour , who had volunteered for anything that was going just to get away from the parade-ground atmosphere of the Grenadier Guards . |
| 11 | It had never counted for anything that she 'd been the innocent victim , that she 'd had no control over the events which had shaped her life — she 'd carried the burden with her , locked into her soul , and at least that way she 'd felt relatively safe . |
| 12 | Offer to pay for anything that takes your fancy . |
| 13 | She did not know herself what lay behind the cryptic words , and , whatever it was , he would decide she was to blame for anything that befell . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't consider I 'm to blame for anything that has happened since you came into this house . |