Example sentences of "[vb pp] anything [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She certainly had n't expected anything like this when she had got up this morning . |
| 2 | People do n't get fined anything like that for mugging an old lady . ’ |
| 3 | Never having designed anything like this before Cusick privately held many worries about the cost and ease of manufacturing these props . |
| 4 | Mike in the audience and he 'll probably give me a rollicking afterwards , cos I have n't prepared anything about this and I suspect I wo n't be able to speak till the red light . |
| 5 | You have n't missed anything at all . |
| 6 | ‘ See if she 's put the fire out and done anything about that Martello tower holiday . ’ |
| 7 | I did n't think we 'd done anything about that this year . |
| 8 | I have n't done anything about that . |
| 9 | We have n't done anything about this . |
| 10 | No I have n't done anything with that yet . |
| 11 | The ‘ society-as-parent ’ thinkers , on the other hand , tend to perceive child care matters in personal rather than political terms and are more inclined to the views expressed or implied in the following comments by respondents from this group : ‘ you could never have done anything with this poor mother ’ , and : |
| 12 | ‘ What a day it 's been and we have n't really done anything at all . |
| 13 | Mr David Cummings , general manager , said : ‘ We have never done anything on this scale , but everyone has been fantastic and our suppliers have stood by us . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd never done anything like that before . |
| 15 | I had never done anything like that in my life , but I found that having to do it was in the end very exciting because you have to rely on the Lord and he supplies help in unforgettable ways . |
| 16 | ‘ No one has ever done anything like that for me . ’ |
| 17 | In fact it was quite by chance that I attended a drawing lesson at CRA , not having done anything like that since failing my O-level art miserably many years ago . |
| 18 | I 'd never done anything like that before . |
| 19 | I 've never done anything like that before . ’ |
| 20 | Miss Barrett , having waited for her , said , ‘ Has Ruth ’ ever done anything like that at home ? ’ |
| 21 | Too much bloody worry , I mean we 've never done anything like that anyway . |
| 22 | he was was so pleased with the way the way it worked out he had never every done anything like that before |
| 23 | Nor was it that reforms already undertaken by Russia 's post-communist government , if only supported with a pile of hard currency , will deliver a lasting rise in living standards — because Russia has not yet done anything like enough . |
| 24 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 25 | On that occasion he said : ‘ This is the first time I have done anything like this , but I do n't apologise for it . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's very exciting — nobody 's ever done anything like this before . |
| 27 | Richard had never done anything like this , nor would he : even if he had been unfaithful to me — though as far as I knew , he never had — he would never humiliate me publicly . |
| 28 | He certainly had n't done anything like this in ages . |
| 29 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
| 30 | ‘ Even though you 've never done anything like this before ? |