Example sentences of "[verb] anything [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although relatively fresh and interesting , neither has anything like the same energy as his screenplay for Mackendrick . |
| 2 | But there is always room for more and the Managing Director of the Resource Centre , Sr Anna Doherty would like to hear from any individuals , groups , clubs or organisations interested in organising an event or contributing anything to the general fun of the weekend . |
| 3 | no longer adds anything to the general prohibition set out in article 52 , since the court has held that , as from the end of the transitional period , article 52 is directly applicable . |
| 4 | Moreover , it is far from clear that the LDDC has managed to obtain anything like the best financial deals in its negotiations with developers : land appears to have been sold at substantially less than might have been achieved , and as the freeholder the LDDC has retained little control of , nor gained any benefit from , subsequent development . |
| 5 | The all-alloy 24-valve twin-cam engine is described by Cosworth as being of the ‘ high-efficiency ’ type , and follows the ‘ modular ’ theory — meaning that the basic design could suit anything from the three-cylinder unit to a V12 . |
| 6 | Is this independent , single parent who does n't stand for any of Barry Brant 's messin' anything like the real Hilary ? |
| 7 | ‘ Do you know anything of the Old Ones , or the carvings that are in the museum ? ’ |
| 8 | If they answer the phone and say they do n't know anything about the bed-and-breakfast bookings , a customer could be lost immediately . |
| 9 | And they did n't really know anything about the blooming bloke you know ! |
| 10 | What gets me about this guy Alderson is that he served in the country area of Cornwall , and he makes all these proposals about inner-city policing ; now how the hell would he know anything about the inner city ? |
| 11 | I mean , frankly , does he know anything about the inner workings of central heating ? ’ |
| 12 | When I first decided to go into acting , my mother went mad — it was quite understandable , we did n't know anything about the acting profession . |
| 13 | But , even if you do n't know anything about the deeper workings , you can apply some common sense guidelines to the same effect . |
| 14 | ‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’ |
| 15 | They referred to his dependency upon the Black vote ( as though the Democratic Party itself could win anything without the Black vote , and as though Alaska and Vermont were strongholds of Black populations rather than white snow ) . |
| 16 | The important point about heritability is that we do not need to know anything about the actual genotypes in order to say what it is . |
| 17 | Legal advice recommended that , as Mrs. X was unable to remember anything of the alleged incident and that , as it may not be possible to prove beyond reasonable doubt that , not only did she not consent , but also that XYZ knew that she was not consenting , the case should be dealt with summarily by the Commanding Officer . ’ |
| 18 | God does n't give anything to the idle ! |
| 19 | If it did n't , it would n't achieve anything like the stupendous accuracy that I have described . |
| 20 | However , it was a pity that Greg Lewin was interviewed by somebody only knowledgeable about corncrakes ; it would have been interesting to know whether Greg has done anything about the diabolical fingering needed on the ancient form of the racket . |
| 21 | Erm Wh have we done anything about the environmental charter ? |
| 22 | He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die . |
| 23 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 25 | ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’ |
| 26 | Community leaders have little expectation that the new government will do anything about the inner-city areas where most blacks and Asians live . |
| 27 | The GenTech labs could n't do anything about the common cold and no government had been able to develop a workable public transport system , but when it came to deathware , why , there were wonderful new toys on the market every fall , just in time for Christmas . |
| 28 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |
| 29 | He so concentrated on his dialogue — I never had to reshoot a scene because Kenny fluffed a line — that he could n't do anything at the same time as he was talking . ’ |
| 30 | The main barriers to growth have been the complexity of using the systems , their inability to handle anything but the simplest graphics , the high cost of connect-time charging and poor publishing decisions about which databases to offer online . |