Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] anything for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mhm and then she 'll feel she 's not had anything for Christmas . |
| 2 | His two daughters who he 'd never really done anything for — expecting them to look after him . |
| 3 | He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die . |
| 4 | Have n't heard anything for quite some time now . |
| 5 | We have n't heard anything for |
| 6 | I could n't understand why they bothered to take him on , because he had n't won anything for years . |
| 7 | He had n't felt anything for three days now . |
| 8 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 9 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You know I have n't written anything for months , darling . |
| 11 | The author is not new , but she has n't written anything for 12 years . |
| 12 | I have n't got anything for him have I ? |
| 13 | I have n't got anything for you |
| 14 | Well , there , if the things open today , cos erm I have n't got anything for Jayne |
| 15 | Modern Come on , no she has n't got anything for you , . |
| 16 | Well I have n't had anything for ages . |
| 17 | We were n't charged anything for the food , so we were there as guests , although everybody else was working but we was given the most comfortable er room to stay , so it , there were quite a few people living there because of this reason , that er people coming from outside looking for a job , they would automatically er obtain the accommodation without being charged for it . |
| 18 | The smell of the plates of food as they were borne past had been tantalising and caused pangs of hunger to strike Meredith 's stomach as though she had n't eaten anything for a week . |
| 19 | He has n't passed anything for twenty-four hours . |
| 20 | ‘ I have n't changed anything for about four years ! |
| 21 | She 'd known this would happen , but she 'd done nothing ; she 'd never done anything for Fand . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 23 | they say that ad , it pays to advertise I mean , to me advertising has never done anything for me well I do n't think it has anyway but if it pays to advertise and look at the number of people that read the Express |
| 24 | When you think about it , none of our best-selling satirical novelists have actually satirized anything for years . |