Example sentences of "[to-vb] anything [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlie , who turned out to be a regular size , was dealt with fairly quickly , but it took almost an hour to find anything that did n't make Tommy look as if he was entering a sack race . |
| 2 | Would she and Stephen be sitting just as they were now and be suddenly unable to remember anything that had happened because nothing would have been real ? |
| 3 | There is also trip to Hall , formerly the centre of the Tyrol 's salt industry ; on to the Swarovski crystal factory show rooms where you will see glass being blown and painted , as well as having the opportunity to buy anything that takes your fancy . |
| 4 | In his own wallpaper designs he had been determined to avoid anything that commanded attention the moment a person entered a room . |
| 5 | Try to avoid anything that makes you want to vomit . |
| 6 | They took up opposite sides of the room , approaching the concealing curtain with extreme caution , the stubby barrels of the Uzi submachine gun ready to blast anything that leapt forward . |
| 7 | I do n't imp intend to preach to the converted but what I do intend to say to anyone in this hall that 's either indifferent or complacent or just too idle to do anything than let this motion drift by them , that if we do n't get together on this issue to get the message over to our national officers and in turn the T U C , that if we do n't stand and fight for the right to uphold the basic principles of what I believe to be trade unionism , that is the right to withdraw labour , the right to protect our brothers and sisters from oppressive employers , the right to command decent conditions and fair pay without fair reprisal . |
| 8 | All around me voices were saying , ‘ Good luck ’ , as I walked on to the stage , but I was much too nervous to do anything but nod , grimly . |
| 9 | ‘ Italian men treat women as if … as if they 're either creatures who are n't fit to do anything but cook , clean , and have babies — or expensive toys to play with . ’ |
| 10 | They are either too lazy or too uninformed to do anything but fail to fulfil their potential . ’ |
| 11 | But once foundations are laid it is very , very difficult to do anything but modify a programme and the original structure always shows through . |
| 12 | Our respective manners proved so widely different , that it would have been quite presumptuous in me to do anything but separate from an undertaking upon which I could only have been a clog . ’ |
| 13 | But one of the great problems with the new media is that , because the brain finds it difficult to do anything but process imagery and sound , it is n't left in a reflective state . |
| 14 | She hurried Annie to the toilet , but once there Annie did n't seem to want to do anything but giggle at her . |
| 15 | But he never wanted to do anything but sit in his study , go to the university and give the same old lectures , year after year . |
| 16 | I got to my feet , not knowing whether to call out , to applaud , to be frightened , to laugh , too astounded to do anything but stand and stare . |
| 17 | In fact , quite the reverse , we do n't have to do anything but stand on our record over the past 13 years . |
| 18 | What haunted her was the way he had kissed her — and how she had been unable to do anything but respond ! |
| 19 | Resolved not to do anything but wait like a good worker . |
| 20 | Julia had no energy to do anything but wait . |
| 21 | After the first incredulity , the fact that nobody actually had to do anything but encourage Hoomey , Bean , Singh and the unknown fourth member went down very well . |
| 22 | It is precisely because I am so in favour of family planning — of women ( and men ) planning their own families — that I am so supicious of any population policy that attempts to do anything but help them have the number of children they think is best for them . |
| 23 | It is precisely because I am so in favour of family planning — of women ( and men ) planning their own families — that I am so supicious of any population policy that attempts to do anything but help them have the number of children they think is best for them . |
| 24 | The proletariat are ‘ free ’ labourers in the sense that they can sell their labour to whoever will employ them , but are not free to do anything but sell their labour , since they have no access to the means of production : land , tools , workshops , raw materials . |
| 25 | Or just too tired to do anything but enjoy looking at the pretty lady . |
| 26 | Their chance to do anything but keep their head down and hope it all goes away , is hopeless . ’ |
| 27 | There was no time or energy for anyone to do anything but get through the long gruelling hours and fall into bed , usually after midnight and on the night before the opening , at three in the morning . |
| 28 | She realized that the child was smiling straight at her but she was too tired to engage with her , too detached to make contact , too hidden to do anything but take a photograph and her fingers felt too weak even to do this . |
| 29 | Many pregnant teenagers delay making their pregnancy known until too many months have passed to do anything but have the baby . |
| 30 | It is almost a truism to say that the great danger for Christians is to become settlers and no longer to do anything that requires any risk . |