Example sentences of "anything [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can last for anything between a weekend and three weeks and they involve journeying to a place ( sometimes a large house has been rented for the time ; sometimes a college ) where you will eat , talk , be taught , sleep , live writing in a totally concentrated way for the length of the course . |
| 2 | There is no chance of finally learning anything during a lecture , but there is a good chance that difficulties encountered in the study can be illuminated . |
| 3 | I was just about ready to turn in my leather jacket for a Limnititzker housewife 's headscarf , anything for a passport into that secret world of hers … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 6 | Then he read a textbook of hers about the craft of the dramatist and it had stopped him from showing her anything for a year . |
| 7 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Naturally I agree — I would agree to anything for a sight of Edward , be he prince or king ! ’ |
| 10 | Right at this moment she would have given anything for a sight of Shirley and endured her fussing with pleasure . |
| 11 | I 'd promise anything for a leg over in those days , he used to say , but I 've got more about me now . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ It is difficult to do anything for a child who is not attending school . ’ |
| 14 | He had n't concentrated on one thing for years now as he had when he 'd started collecting stamps at the age of nine , so careful , so worried , so never leaving anything for a minute that could be done straight away by him . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust . |
| 18 | Stella will do anything for a man . |
| 19 | If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’ |
| 20 | Collector 's corner is the feature round about three thirty so if you want to go on collector 's corner if you collect anything for a hobby that 's the spot for you . |
| 21 | ‘ You know perfectly well that there are scores of women who would do literally anything for a night out , or in , with you . ’ |
| 22 | Still , about half the people never take anything for a headache . |
| 23 | But it is also well known that the so-called expert witness in court may be a hired gun , willing to testify to anything for a fee , or a crackpot whose unsupportable ideas are masked by an advanced degree — often from a respectable university . |
| 24 | Anything for a sale . |
| 25 | I 've just returned from South Africa , during which he went to stay with Sally Newcombe and refused to eat anything for a week and a half ’ . |
| 26 | The smell of the plates of food as they were borne past had been tantalising and caused pangs of hunger to strike Meredith 's stomach as though she had n't eaten anything for a week . |
| 27 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |
| 28 | Nobody said anything for a moment , the two of them standing there , summing each other up . |
| 29 | She would have given anything for a bath , but that was impossible . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea . |