Example sentences of "anything [prep] this [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the government is locked into a policy of expanding the money supply at some pre-announced rate it can not do anything about this possibly severe recession . |
| 2 | Laura 's problem was that she had not enough to do — no children , though she had n't said anything about this recently — and his heart smote him because he had undertaken to make her happy , and had n't . |
| 3 | Of all the areas in Edinburgh , it 's the one with the greatest character that does n't have anything like this already . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think I 'll get the chance to do anything like this again . |
| 5 | ‘ I think the public will be better protected if for the next two years and possibly afterwards you are on a regime of medication which will ensure you do n't do anything like this again , ’ he said . |
| 6 | I 've never heard anything like this before in any court in the land . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's very exciting — nobody 's ever done anything like this before . |
| 8 | Fry , who firmly believed his star player — brother of Wolves and England No 9 Steve — was Old Trafford-bound , said : ‘ I have never known anything like this before . |
| 9 | I 've never known anything like this before . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never been to anything like this before , ’ Anabelle thought to herself . |
| 11 | ‘ But I 've never heard of anything like this before . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 've never come across anything like this before . |
| 13 | I 've never recall doing anything like this before . |
| 14 | never in my life had I done anything like this before . |
| 15 | In any case , I 've never been called on to deal with anything like this before . |
| 16 | ‘ Even though you 've never done anything like this before ? |
| 17 | She had never done anything like this before , but she was n't lacking in courage . |
| 18 | Neither of them had done anything like this before . |
| 19 | Mr Jackson said : ‘ I have never heard of anything like this before but it did not really spoil our day . |
| 20 | I have not heard of anything like this before , certainly not up here . |
| 21 | He added : ‘ I 've been in the shop when people have lifted something and run out , but I 've never experienced anything like this before . |
| 22 | ever done anything like this before ? |
| 23 | I have n't read anything like this before . |
| 24 | They had never experienced anything like this before . |