Example sentences of "[verb] anything to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the changes in the last two generations , only the great reservoirs of water for the industrial cities of the North and Midlands have added anything to the scene that one can contemplate without pain . |
| 2 | A hearing may be adjourned if either you or the Council say anything to the Committee , or produce something in writing which the other did not know about beforehand , and it is so important that you or the Council want time to think about it before proceeding . |
| 3 | For example , if a machine includes a computer program it is then a question of whether the machine , without taking the computer program into account , adds anything to the state of the art . |
| 4 | I do not know if this triumphant wrongdoing owes anything to the example set by Ivy in Elders and Betters , by which I am conscious of having been influenced myself . |
| 5 | It saves wondering the next day whether Jimmy Lynch will bring anything to the house or not . ’ |
| 6 | I mean he kept , I mean he did n't do anything to the city you ca n't even see it from the old one 's still standing and it 's in the wrong it 's so nice . |
| 7 | The space must not contribute anything to the reaction or else modern physics is wrong in so many issues ( which it was at the time ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Nothing in these papers makes me believe anything to the contrary . |
| 9 | Less valid is the use of common salt , which will thicken even very weak solution , giving the impression of a far higher concentrate without adding anything to the performance . |
| 10 | It would be nice to imagine the reader , having ingested the reader , having ingested the above , musing , ‘ Oh , I never thought of that ’ — which is , after all , the response elicited by all cultural commentators — but I have no illusions that I 'm teaching anything to the individual or individuals responsible for the original design . |
| 11 | Oh well it 's always protection of the family and yet they 're not prepared to put anything to the family . |
| 12 | Have n't had a chance to do anything to the room since . |
| 13 | I seemed to do anything to the car , mind with the water pump I think they check , they have to er adjust the timing . |
| 14 | Scarlet did n't care what they said about psychiatry — she got the impression that her therapist disapproved of her , simply because she needed therapy , and it was no use anyone saying anything to the contrary . |
| 15 | Anybody who would to s Any s Anybody saying anything to the contrary i would very much suspect their their motives . |
| 16 | It was so unusual for him to contribute anything to the conversation that Paula glanced at him in surprise . |
| 17 | Well that 's one the other reason , of course we have got a large number of chur , very small churches in fact , looking at our mai , ministry figures nineteen ninety there were thirty churches that did n't pay anything to the maintenance and a lot of these , I think , maybe |
| 18 | The family persuaded Ken not to attend the inquest at Hammersmith Coroner 's Court , in the hope that the name Charlie Williams would n't mean anything to the Press . |
| 19 | Erm as far as the C C Q itself was concerned you , you gave an awful lot of information about the sort of things you were gon na look for when Martin said about , you know , what 's in it and it 's , it 's pretty big and what have you you mentioned a lot of subjects or a lot of technical jargon which may or may not have meant anything to the client rather than just say well , you know , some of it wo n't , may well not apply to you . |
| 20 | I would not presume to add anything to the Word of God but I have a sneaking suspicion that if Isaiah had been writing in the 1990s he might have added a phrase . |
| 21 | They ca n't prove anything to the contrary and who is there hereabouts who knows anything about loss of memory and how long such a state lasts ? |
| 22 | This rhetorical absenteeism is definitive of deconstructive reading where texts are seen to " undo " themselves , and the intervention of a reading " does not add anything to the text " ( 1979 : 17 ) . |
| 23 | Again , I respect my hon. Friend 's strongly held personal views , but Parliament has expressed its views and I can not add anything to the answer that I gave to the two previous questions . |
| 24 | ‘ We were told that we could not add anything to the pedestrian provision after the initial period . |
| 25 | ‘ The arson charge does not add anything to the prosecution case against Harper , so you need only concentrate on the manslaughter charge against him . ’ |
| 26 | He said : ‘ It is my policy not to say anything to the press . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But by then I suppose he was having to say anything to the jury to save himself . |
| 28 | ‘ He does n't offer anything to the game . |
| 29 | I do n't think so I mean I left it all last night and everything seemed er amicable and er I have n't heard anything to the contrary today . |
| 30 | Well , I have n't heard anything to the contrary , so I presume that 's what it was . |