Example sentences of "[subord] anyone [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 " The Moslem Brothers , who are more anxious than anyone for the stability of Egypt and the welfare of its citizens adhere to legal means in their preaching and the defence of their right to undertake activities to realise their goals , " he said .
2 The other is that Americans have grumbled louder and longer than anyone about the rubbish they throw out .
3 ‘ He knows more than anyone about the family assets , and he 's totally in the gang 's power .
4 With his great hands , Jimmy returned the fast serve better than anyone in the history of the game .
5 Alcock , the man with the astronomical memory , probably knows the sky better than anyone in the world , possibly in history .
6 The Labour Party showed more faith than anyone in the medicine of the pollsters and strategists , believing they has found in it the panacea for their 13-year malaise .
7 However , USL has recently claimed that it will configure Destiny to run applications of all persuasions — including Solaris — ( UX No 380 ) , Zander says ‘ if they can do that they 're better than anyone in the world . ’
8 She had known Connor O'Dell for nearly ten years now — she knew him better than anyone in the world — and tonight , she knew without any shadow of doubt that he was lying to her .
9 I mean , you know me better than anyone in the world , you probably love me better than anyone in the world , but you still never know another person one hundred per cent . ’
10 I mean , you know me better than anyone in the world , you probably love me better than anyone in the world , but you still never know another person one hundred per cent . ’
11 If anyone except the Lorrimores had gone that way and come back again … well … we would have noticed . ’
12 He was trying to figure if anyone along the road or up on the ridge had been hurt .
13 I doubt if anyone at the Cheshire Cheese would remember me — I was deliberately making myself inconspicuous …
14 A quick look round to see if anyone on the faculty might be listening and then , traitorously , raising her glass almost to her lips , ‘ In fact , I sometimes wonder if we are n't all dead . ’
15 Then he added , ‘ If anyone from the village is going to the Bazaar we should send some more flour and potatoes and some more blankets . ’
16 If anyone from the hospital sees me I 'll never hear the last of it . ’
17 If anyone from the group here met Kemp at 3 p.m. , it was n't Downes , because nine or ten of you here will willingly testify to the incontrovertible fact that he was talking to you from that time onwards .
18 You could have heard a pin drop if anyone in the room had dropped one .
19 So Balder Head must have had some architectural significance or other , although I doubt if anyone in the dale realized it .
20 She wished she could confide in Ella , but it was far too risky and she knew she would feel worse if anyone in the house knew about the baby .
21 IF anyone in the Government has a conscience , I hope it was pricked by your terribly moving picture of Belinda Giles asking Santa to keep open London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital , where she is being treated for cancer .
22 If anyone in the Ormesby area would like to join , meetings are held on Monday evenings at Southlands Leisure Centre , from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm — do go along to find out more .
23 If anyone in the SSD can shed any light on the matter , or better still on the origins of the letter , she or he will immediately be nominated reader of the week , be the envy of all and sundry , and receive a special prize .
24 Nevertheless , this happened to many , but I would question if anyone in the Command had amassed the experience of Fraser Barron in such a relatively short time .
25 If anyone in the club had been left with any doubt that you and I are in love , that touching little display on the dance floor must have convinced them otherwise . ’
26 He wants to know if anyone in the Darlington area has any information of the whereabouts of Mr Whitbread .
27 I doubt if anyone in the four divisions is entertaining as much as we are at the moment .
28 The effect is even more telling than the BMW , because while anyone with the necessary can buy one of those , these kiddies are not just paid for but born and bred as well .
29 Thus while anyone in the world , with normal physical resources , can watch dance or look at sculpture or listen to music , still some forty per cent of the world 's present inhabitants can make no contact whatever with a piece of writing , and in earlier periods this percentage was very much larger .
30 Anyway , before anyone from the crew of the boat could get ashore they saw two uniformed constables come down , and reckoned they 'd leave them to it .
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