Example sentences of "everything [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ? |
| 2 | And yet , while God doing everything for Sonya remains shielded by her faith , the green shawl keeps cropping up through the novel for all to see . |
| 3 | Phoebe was surprised ; she had somehow thought that after Rachel 's sterling conduct of the night before , she would now take charge , go on looking after them all , manage everything for them and leave her free to walk the road that she had to walk . |
| 4 | ‘ We just went in and did everything for everybody . |
| 5 | ‘ You should know you 'll not change your father now and he means everything for the best for the whole house , ’ she argued forcibly but the strain was showing on her own drawn , anxious features . |
| 6 | He was a dedicated professional , who claimed ‘ I sacrifice everything for cricket , never stop out late and always take the greatest care of myself . ’ |
| 7 | What 's the point in saving everything for a comfortable old age if you 're suffering hardship now ? |
| 8 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |
| 9 | The desire to be everything for somebody , the yearning for ultimate closeness , reached its lunatic peak in the sublime schizophrenia of ‘ If I Was Your Girlfriend ’ ; ‘ if I was your one and only friend would U run to me if somebody hurt U even if that somebody was me ? ’ |
| 10 | Usually perhaps there was a servant , but my mother did everything for us ii the house , made many of our clothes and mended them , prepared and gave us food , tended us when sick , comforted us when cold , disappointed , or sorrowful . |
| 11 | In fact she did everything for me . |
| 12 | For Heaven 's sake , Tug , do I have to decide everything for you ? |
| 13 | People would expect you to do everything for them ; revitalise the planet , solve all their problems , etc. ’ without doing anything themselves . |
| 14 | The obscure Boso , an alumnus of the monastic school at Regensburg , looks like the perfect exemplar of everything for which Alcuin had argued . |
| 15 | They have to rely on doing everything for themselves rather than sharing the tasks . |
| 16 | I said , ‘ I will give up everything for this orchestra , but in return I must ask that it be a lifetime 's possession . ’ |
| 17 | This popular corner of Spain has something of everything for everyone . |
| 18 | Benidorm has something of everything for everyone . |
| 19 | He would be oblivious to everything for weeks on end , then had short bursts of punishing anyone on sight for reasons like opening your eyes when waking up . |
| 20 | The British have fallen in love with this Mediterranean island because it has everything for a perfect holiday : sunny skies , glorious beaches , bustling resorts , friendly people , fascinating sights and beautiful countryside . |
| 21 | For this is the beach club that really has got EVERYTHING for the family . |
| 22 | The host workers do everything for their parasites , even the most terrible task of all . |
| 23 | You 'll notice that everything for sale has the capacity to breathe . |
| 24 | When he thought one might be possible , he was immensely sentimental , would give up everything for a lover ; yet it was his own exigence that made it difficult for anyone to live up to him , to match his quick apprehension , his wide range of interests , the fervour with which he experienced everything . |
| 25 | As well as beautiful surroundings , it has everything for the more active holidaymaker : scuba diving , dinghy sailing , paragliding , riding , microliting , golf , judo classes , shark-fishing , tennis , all-in wrestling , a fully-equipped gym and a banked motor racing track engineered for speeds up to 200 mph . |
| 26 | I think he would like to do more for the band but we are completely stupid and like do everything for ourselves . |
| 27 | I mean one person in particular , who is very good and always does the work , but I feel is probably — ok , she babies people too much , she does everything for them , rather than allow them to do it themselves . |
| 28 | However I find that some of the people I think are good , who are , you know , efficient , go and do the job , encourage them ( the clients ) to do it themselves , are n't so well liked by families as some of those who are much softer and , you know , do everything for them . |
| 29 | If someone has difficulty in dressing , make it easier with one or more aids for dressing — do n't just do everything for them . |
| 30 | See that other members of the family , if you have one , stop depending on you to do everything for them , as they did when they were younger . |