Example sentences of "[vb infin] anything for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd promise anything for a leg over in those days , he used to say , but I 've got more about me now . |
| 2 | I 'd give anything for a sight of you in your pleasant civilian dress , and even the ‘ digs ’ would seem a veritable palace , compared with sand , and ragged Arabs , and khaki-drill shorts . |
| 3 | They looked together at the one about the woman who had said she would give anything for a child , of any kind , even a hedgehog , and had duly given birth to a monster , half-hedgehog , half-boy . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea . |
| 5 | Confusion was muddling her responses , putting up barriers where she 'd give anything for a free and open path forward … |
| 6 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 7 | Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ? |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
| 9 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 10 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
| 12 | Stella will do anything for a man . |
| 13 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |
| 14 | Simon Foreman would sell anything for a great price and not ask any questions . |
| 15 | I sent her Nit Ac LM1 and did n't hear anything for a year when she rang up with a headache — it turned out that the anal fissure had cleared quickly and she felt she had been miraculously well given her sister had been murdered 12mths previously and she 'd had 4 months leave of absence from work to deal with the aftermath which had involved her nephew joining the family . |
| 16 | It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it . |
| 17 | Therefore you do n't say anything for a while , conceal it , perhaps even kid yourself that the pregnancy will go away if you do n't acknowledge it . |
| 18 | We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust . |
| 19 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |
| 20 | Blanche looked at Lancaster with a quizzical smile and did not say anything for a full ten seconds . |
| 21 | He did not say anything for a few moments and then he shrugged and gave a sharp laugh . |