Example sentences of "anything to [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then when we came out we s went around London to see the sights but the decorations but why we went I did n't think anything to them at all this year . |
| 2 | In the summer men can wear shorts or whatever they like ( and sometimes they look revolting in them , too ! ) and no one says anything to them about it . |
| 3 | I I do n't think , we had a matron who was extremely strict and I do n't think we would 've dared to say anything to her at all . |
| 4 | She used to sit behind her desk looking very prim and proper , and er I do n't , I do n't quite honestly think we would 've dared say anything to her at all . |
| 5 | I 'm wondering whether I should say anything to her about the police , and about the retired judge Jamieson being ‘ assaulted ’ , whatever that means . |
| 6 | Who dare offer anything to her in such an orderly and wellgoverned house as yours , and under a master of so good a character for virtue and honour ? |
| 7 | They had n't said anything to him at the depot ; they had n't told him anything about not getting unemployment money . |
| 8 | It would be unwise , therefore , to say anything to him of what he had learned about Ipuky 's sons from his first marriage , or about the other visitor to the City of Dreams . |
| 9 | Before I go to sleep I wonder about whether I should have said anything to him about Mr Archer and his phone calls and Ares . |
| 10 | He chose to ignore all the ‘ No Smoking ’ signs on display and the disdainful looks of the nursing staff , who were obviously too intimidated by his status to say anything to him about it . |
| 11 | Should I say anything to him about the way I feel , or are my friends right and should I try to forget about him ? |
| 12 | Although if you if you say anything to him in Gaelic , he answers you in English I notice . |
| 13 | When I left Uganda after my marriage , my mum told me , never write anything to me about your troubles because you did n't listen to us . |
| 14 | He 's never said anything to me about moving away from Cliff Top — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He has n't said anything to me about it . ’ |
| 16 | He did n't say anything to me about renting out his house . |
| 17 | But nobody said anything to me about that , nor about where Mr Marr 's body had gone after Pikey ran into him with Lethal Weapon II . |
| 18 | No , Elaine never mentioned anything to me about your being a twin . ’ |
| 19 | For that matter , he 's never said anything to me about you either . |
| 20 | Now they 've got the bloody nerve to charge us half when we live there I do n't think she 'd dare say anything to me about it . |
| 21 | I 'm afraid it did n't mean anything to me at the time . |
| 22 | It does n't mean anything to me at all . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What did you want to bring anything to me for ? ’ |
| 24 | Consequently , according to Nida , ‘ it is impossible to say anything to anyone without indicating the relative degree of respect to which the speaker and hearer are entitled in the community ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ They should always check for identification and following the incident should not disclose anything to anyone without first checking with their bank direct . ’ |
| 26 | They had to be careful about saying anything to anyone about still having a rosary or praying to the Blessed Virgin , because Mr Drew , the vicar of St Saviour 's , was pleasing the Bishop of Launceston by being a good Protestant . |
| 27 | Ideas of salvation and conversion were of course inextricably linked in Rose of Lima 's culture ; and this clear , driving sense of purpose in her life must not be underestimated if she is to reveal anything to us in a historical sense . |
| 28 | And even those modern fictional texts , such as the novels of Samuel Beckett , that seem dedicated to demonstrating the impossibility of communicating anything to anybody about anything , do so by alluding to a paradigmatic act of storytelling , a paradise lost of communication : |
| 29 | Did n't think anything to it at the time . |
| 30 | One print worker who was daubed and paraded on a trolley around Croydon in Surrey as an apprentice 25 years ago said : ‘ The worst thing was if they did n't do anything to you at all — it showed you were n't wanted . ’ |