Example sentences of "[subord] anything [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know the river is frozen and the roads blocked , so anything from the water must be weeks old ! ’ |
| 2 | This beer is sour , thin , musty , weak and stale , And worse than anything except the ale . |
| 3 | So to Pešek 's Taras Bulba — and more than anything on the disc , this rhapsodic triptych really does warm to his touch . |
| 4 | That Anglo-Saxon connection slowly dwindled , undermined more than anything by the rise of Biarritz and the widening belief in the seaside as the better source of good health . |
| 5 | It has Charles in it , whose plight is more touching than anything in the nineteenth-century retrospects of Chatterton . |
| 6 | I now want one more than anything in the world . |
| 7 | He says ‘ I love you more than anything in the world ’ I believe him |
| 8 | Fact , in this instance , is far stranger and more profoundly disquieting than anything in the annals of fiction . |
| 9 | ‘ More than anything in the world . ’ |
| 10 | An embarrassing collection of clothes from the 1960s — hipsters , a floral tie and a pair of suede boots that Peter had once loved more than anything in the world . |
| 11 | I think he loves the horses more than anything in the world . |
| 12 | I want that more than anything in the world . ’ |
| 13 | Half an hour now with Chris means more than anything in the future : |
| 14 | ‘ I love you better than anything in the world . |
| 15 | ‘ I love you better than anything in the world . |
| 16 | More than anything in the world she longed for Mark to take her into his arms and comfort her like a baby . |
| 17 | More than anything in the world she wanted to lie down . |
| 18 | After two years I had discovered many things and I built a scientific machine that was better than anything in the university . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to make love to you more than anything in the world , but you have doubts about me and I want everything crystal-clear between us , so ask your questions , Gemini girl . ’ |
| 20 | Do you know , I long for a family more than anything in the world ? ’ she blurted out with an intense yearning . |
| 21 | More than anything in the world she had wanted him to stay . |
| 22 | And , folly though it was , just for a moment , more than anything in the world , Lisa wanted to believe him . |
| 23 | He wanted his daughter more than anything in the world . ’ |
| 24 | She had found a man who meant more to her than anything in the world and he was of another world , as he had told her . |
| 25 | I knew then that I loved you , more than anything in the world , more than life itself ! ’ |
| 26 | You do n't want to purge it out your life more than anything in the world . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ More than anything in the world ? ’ |
| 28 | When people ask me about the deeds of some of our very great airmen , and I go right throughout the war on both sides , there are shining examples brighter than anything in the constellation that come to mind ; I think of Cheshire 's 100 sorties and , no less important , Fraser Barron — a little Kiwi not yet 21 with two DSOs , two DFCs and a DFM — Pathfinder squadron commander , killed with his deputy Master Bomber on one of the interdiction targets before the Invasion , and a host of others , I can think of half-a-hundred , but I have never met anyone — In fact I have never walked in the shadow of anyone — braver than Buster . |
| 29 | And , suddenly , as she pushed the feeling from her , more than anything in the world what Ronni wanted to do was wipe that smug , amused smile from Guido 's face , that smile that made her feel so exposed and vulnerable . |
| 30 | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Description of Use or in any restriction of driving to specified persons in this Policy the indemnity to the Policyholder in connection with any motor car described in the Schedule shall operate while such motor car is in the custody or control of a member of the Motor Trade and used only for the purpose of its overhaul upkeep or repair . |