Example sentences of "do [adv] anything [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’ |
2 | In spite of rationally accepting hardship , I would have done almost anything to be rid of the pain , which by now dominated every thought . |
3 | Boy George was desperate to meet Yoko , he would have done almost anything to be on with her , and Yoko liked the idea of meeting John Cleese because John Lennon had been such a Monty Python fan . |
4 | I definitely believe in love , I 'll do almost anything for love , even kill . |
5 | He 's a gentle sweet old-fashioned thing who 'd do almost anything for me and I 'm devoted to him . |
6 | Beyond these very broad constraints , however , there is almost limitless flexibility : you can do almost anything on a small-scale , trial , or regional basis . |
7 | I can do almost anything with this improved body , but my mind has got blas about it . |
8 | In fact you can do almost anything with the walls of a dining room . |
9 | Indeed , although she is now nearly ninety , one senses that Lady Amory would do almost anything in her power if she thought it would benefit Knightshayes , the garden she created with her husband , Sir John Heathcoat Amory , after the Second World War . |
10 | then you can do almost anything in maths . |
11 | I can do almost anything in these . |
12 | Perhaps the ginseng had altered the balance of his Yin and Yang , which can do absolutely anything to a man . |
13 | Well yesterday we actually went to a school and you show them how to use with a condom demonstrator and allow them to touch the condoms , and in youth clubs you allow them to do practically anything with them , as long as they 're returned , they can blow them up , or they can |
14 | They had to be ready — and able — to do absolutely anything from greeting a minister off a plane to cleaning drains , from handling the press to guiding the helicopter down to its landing site with hand signals . |
15 | Yeah , I do n't anything about a presentation . |