Example sentences of "everything [pers pn] [vb mod] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not too good , I 'm afraid — I did everything I could for the moment , but his kidney failure is almost complete . |
| 2 | And the more I delve into computers , the more I realise just how negligible my knowledge is , despite reading everything I can about the subject . |
| 3 | With ewe hoggs now being eligible for subsidy , it 's important to get everything you can from the system . |
| 4 | When Caroline had signed a year 's contract with International Models , it had been because she 'd wanted to learn everything she could about the fashion business . |
| 5 | My hon. Friend rightly referred to our job as a guarantor power and , in that respect , we must do everything we can with the Turks , the Greeks and the Cypriots to help Secretary-General Perez De Cuellar to make some progress in his remaining weeks of office . |
| 6 | Many severely handicapped children do die at an early age through natural causes , but at least the parents can feel that they did everything they could for the child when it was alive . |
| 7 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ They 're doing everything they can under the legislation to bring everything up to date , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Account men make it their business to learn everything they can about the client 's product and how it compares with others on the market , and a strategy is arrived at with the help of the researchers and planners , and sometimes with the creative team on the writing and art side . |