Example sentences of "everything [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'd had control over everything I would have had a full Wales tour in the summer and then we would n't have needed to have the practice games , but as it is we are giving them the advantage and I wanted to try to do something about that . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Mr. Preston , my life has n't been everything I would have liked since I came here . |
| 3 | I 've always voted conservative but I feel they 've made such a mess of everything I 'll vote for someone different this time . |
| 4 | The problem is finding the time to do everything I 'd like to do . |
| 5 | The outer stood up to everything I could throw at it until a wicked Gogarth chimney thrutch resulted in a nicked sleeve , while the fleece has resisted all but a hot cylinder from the Snowdon Railway ! |
| 6 | I wept buckets , wrote to him , telephoned his mother — did everything I could to explain how devastated I felt . |
| 7 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |
| 8 | I did everything I could to save the boy 's life , but to no avail . |
| 9 | ‘ I did everything I could do , ’ he told BBC television . |
| 10 | I did everything I could think of with Anna . |
| 11 | I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I felt I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby and I was so sure about the rightness of it all that I did n't want a scan . |
| 13 | I did everything I could to avoid them . |
| 14 | ‘ I wanted to play something really quiet because my hearing at that point was so hyper that everything I could hear was loud . |
| 15 | I did n't know very much about barn owls at the time , so I busied myself reading everything I could find on them , in the library and magazines . |
| 16 | I read everything I could find about France ( since France was my dream country , where I felt I 'd been meant to be born and grow up … ) and developed a particular passion for the French Revolution , reading all the Scarlet Pimpernel books , the story of the first Madame Tussaud , forced to model the guillotined heads , and everything that I could find that would bring it all to life . |
| 17 | I took everything I could get when I was young and I do n't regret it . |
| 18 | I read to him , and talked to him , and did everything I could to make him comfortable . |
| 19 | Darling , I did everything I could to make it pleasurable , not painful … ’ |
| 20 | The skills of the midwives were everything I could have wished for and the NCT made me feel as if I was a useful part of the whole process . |
| 21 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 22 | ‘ I was doing everything I could to keep him because of the jobs in the area . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I tried everything I could to keep Kearney alive , ’ he added . |
| 24 | er I hope I did everything I could to help . |
| 25 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 26 | It will take a while , I 'm afraid , but I 'll do everything I can to persuade the family that they should meet you . ’ |
| 27 | Ms Ogata , speaking in Nairobi , said : ‘ I have done everything I can to persuade leaders to distinguish humanitarian aid from the conflict , but they have not allowed us to carry out our mandate . ’ |
| 28 | This year has been the most difficult and disturbing of my 40-year reign , but it has brought home to me that I must do everything I can to continue to carry out that duty . |
| 29 | I have tried everything I can think of to rectify the situation , but to no avail . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've told you everything I can remember . |