Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [v-ing] anything that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Elsewhere short-termism has had a terrible impact on the industry with quarterly reporting and the fear of doing anything that might affect the share price , ’ he said . |
| 2 | If Mrs Baggley wanted to talk this one out Theodora would listen but she had no intention of inviting anything that might be just gossip . |
| 3 | But er unfortunately those on the ground who have shown their skill at wrecking anything that does n't suit their purpose with the support of the Labour group , those on the ground will still be there and I do n't believe that er giving the director of education the executive powers is going to stop them continuing to take the sort of action they 've been taking . |
| 4 | I make a point of avoiding anything that gets a Rodney nomination . |
| 5 | Thus the long and laborious process of collecting anything that might conceivably be datable has paid dividends , placing several Bronze Age mines firmly on the map . |
| 6 | They warned him with veiled threats against mentioning anything that he had witnessed the previous night . |
| 7 | Transport cost so much that it was virtually impossible to make a profit by importing anything that could be produced locally ; although salt cod was brought across the Atlantic , in general nothing but luxury goods like gold , silver , furs , and spices would yield a reasonable return after paying for a costly ocean voyage . |
| 8 | Ford was unwilling to apply such sanctions as were available to him , and ‘ showed no proclivity for arm twisting , or for that matter for doing anything that was likely to incur the wrath or even displeasure of another . ’ |
| 9 | Thus , the best way of proving anything that the other side will not agree to is to be prepared to call the witness to give evidence about it at trial . |