Example sentences of "of anything that [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're moving , ’ said Masklin , still peering out of the hole and almost glad of anything that would stop the argument . |
| 2 | Each of them knows perfectly well that the strength of her position in the home lies in the physical dependence of her husband and children upon her and she is suspicious of anything that would tend to undermine this . |
| 3 | ‘ I ca n't think of anything that would please her more than to be investigated by you . ’ |
| 4 | The latter were mollified to some extent by the exclusion from the Treaty of anything that would bar some members from forming a smaller customs union ahead of the EEC schedule . |
| 5 | She went into the hall , glad of anything that would take her mind from Dana for a few minutes . |
| 6 | I can not think of anything that would have made the loss of the election from my point of view more certain . |
| 7 | ‘ But right now , I ca n't think of anything that would help . ’ |
| 8 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 9 | We are afraid of the new , of anything that might make us grow or change . ’ |
| 10 | Digital Equipment Corp was the most obvious absentee from the Common Open Software Environment jamboree last week ( CI No 2,130 ) : was it , as some have said , that DEC was steering clear of anything that might damage Microsoft 's Windows NT ? — apparently not — DEC says it was simply that no one invited to join until the day before the launch . |
| 11 | His first impulse was to throw it away , to rid himself of anything that might link him with Maidstone and Maidstone 's death . |
| 12 | Next , go to see the local planning officer and the building control officer and ask them if they know of anything that might affect the house , and show them your list . |
| 13 | ( Parent : ‘ Can you think of anything that might go wrong if we adopt that course of action ? ’ ) |
| 14 | In other words , the subconscious was working in an expanding way , trying to think of anything that might have been overlooked . |
| 15 | And he simply could not think of anything that might have made him become a Muslim . |
| 16 | But so far — and this may be what you 're driving at — we have n't found evidence of anything that could explain her murder . ’ |
| 17 | They have cleared their shelves of anything that could offend the public or bring down the wrath of the tabloids . |
| 18 | Their mother had hated the very thought of anything that could lessen the love between her and Dana , and she had taught her that the bond between them was only imagination on Claudia 's part . |
| 19 | Between 1934 and 1937 it invalidated a string of measures initiated by President Roosevelt and passed by Congress to attempt to deal with the economic depression , while between 1954 and 1963 it made a series of decisions regarding the rights of blacks far in advance of anything that could obtain strong presidential and congressional support . |