Example sentences of "anything that [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However deeply involved she might be in her own conversation she rarely missed anything that was said by those around her . |
| 2 | Ella never missed anything that was said in the kitchen . |
| 3 | She threw herself into her work harder than ever , doing anything that was asked of her , from pinning hems to sweeping the design-room floor to helping the showroom models with their make-up , and all the while she counted the days until she could leave this city and go back to New York , where she belonged . |
| 4 | And anything that was eaten in my mother 's house was either home grown or home baked . ’ |
| 5 | What we now need to ask is has the time arrived er for this measure to begin to be acceptable by the Home Office , it would be nice if there was a just a little indication er as I 'm er proceeding through er this measure from the minister at the despatch box , that the time was now right for this er particular proposal er which was not anything that was voted against er on second reading but merely failed to overcome the hurdle of getting a closure when by seventy eight votes to nil er it was carried except that carrying was not sufficient in order arrive at a closure so that the measure could move in the committee . |
| 6 | ‘ It still sounds weird to me , it still does n't sound like anything that was released at the time , ’ Albini declares . |
| 7 | Passion ruled her , admitting no distractions , thought and emotion denied , anything that was known outside her acute physical awareness merely sensed . |
| 8 | Given the extreme paucity of provision in the past , to close rather than merely narrow the gap between white education provision and that of other racially defined groups would require an investment well beyond anything that was envisaged before the 1990s . |
| 9 | She was careful to show no interest whatever in anything that was shown to her . |