Example sentences of "anything that [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Verkhovensky the wrecker is unrelated to anything that had gone before , except in the new-seeing eye of his creator . |
| 2 | Thanks to the changing critical climate , the new ideas circulating among filmmakers and the relaxation of the censorship rules , the British films made at the end of the 1930s were much tougher and more emotionally charged , than anything that had gone before . |
| 3 | Cowslip showed no more concern at Fiver 's tense manner than he had at anything that had gone before . |
| 4 | Their way of looking at the exterior world , the means they used of recording their ideas about it , even their concept of what a painting was , all these things were different from anything that had gone before them . |
| 5 | In Lancashire the steam-powered cotton industry had created a form of society that was very different from anything that had gone before . |
| 6 | He had n't said anything that had given her any indication that he actually cared for her . |
| 7 | Constance frequently reiterated that she would never buy anything that had belonged to somebody else , that meant something to them , that had been warm against their skin or over the fireplace : only brand-new articles , the stuff of commerce in transit between factory and store , the owners of which already had more money than was good for them and were themselves no better than they should be . |
| 8 | I sensed an inherent hostility , which rose from beyond anything that had passed between us ; the subconscious resistance of water to oil . |
| 9 | She 'd been so angry , after seeing the first picture of him with Dara , that she 'd wanted to get rid of anything that had reminded her of their time together . |
| 10 | Making no mention of sex , she asked the children to tell her about anything that had happened to them at school which they thought was unfair . |
| 11 | It was crazy to hope that good might come out of this plaguy mess , but at least it was different from anything that had happened to her before . |
| 12 | The deed of release furthermore had not been induced by any misrepresentation , so it was a complete bar to any claims by the companies concerning anything that had happened before that agreement took effect . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | In Trevor Wilson 's words , it was the ‘ Indian summer of the old Liberal Party ’ ; and , as sometimes happens with Indian summers , it was at least as spectacular as anything that had happened during the real one … |
| 15 | Gilberto 's next words had shaken Zen more than anything that had happened so far . |
| 16 | They differ , however , in several respects from anything that had preceded them . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ Anything that helps to improve health is a good idea . ’ |
| 18 | The latest crime statistics for the Thames Valley area will be released on Friday , and the police will be closely involved with the partenrship , welcoming anything that helps to reduce crime . |
| 19 | I think anything that helps to deliver a healthy child is to be welcomed , not feared . |
| 20 | Anything that helps to free our repressed selves — including pornography — has a positive value . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Anything that seemed to offer an explanation of why a vastly less productive society had brought off this breathtaking achievement Was not dismissed but welcomed . ’ |
| 22 | And anything that does come from the you know the system ? |
| 23 | In its earlier years it was extremely outspoken in its condemnation of anything that failed to gain its approval . |
| 24 | If ever there was anything that looked made up of outsides , it was a plane flying . |
| 25 | ‘ Mr Sylvester , with these horses and those riders , anything that gets done at all will be a great deed . ’ |
| 26 | Remembering that anything that bodes to threaten concentration in wood-machining is a prime risk , let us consider a router cutter revolving at anything up to 24,000rpm sitting midway between 12 highly unstably-sprung devices whose proper purpose in life is the support of wet laundry on a clothes line . |
| 27 | ‘ I ca n't serve anything that needs thinking about when people are meeting to discuss big money deals — all fish must be filleted here , for example — but all the food must be good . ’ |
| 28 | Here otherwise close associates like Bridgeman and F. E. Smith distanced themselves from Maxse , while another committed tariff reformer , his fellow editor and friend H. A. Gwynne , pointedly told him that ‘ for good or evil ’ , the Conservative party was ‘ the only weapon we have with which to achieve our purpose and help on the causes which both you and I have strongly at heart … and anything that tends to disorganize it or to destroy the efficiency of that weapon seems to me to postpone the fulfilment of our desires … |
| 29 | Avoid anything that tends to increase your anxiety . |
| 30 | No seeing as though they 've been produced I 've said I all in favour of the jury seeing anything that 's referred to and then there , there 's no mystery about it then . |