Example sentences of "anything for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 2 | They none of them said anything for a long time . |
| 3 | He had n't seen her eat anything for a long time . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She would have given anything for a bath , but that was impossible . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ Anything for a quiet life ’ is my philosophy |
| 10 | ( Anything for a quiet life ! ) |
| 11 | Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ? |
| 12 | He then provided : ‘ I wish whatever legacies I have left to be paid by you , my dear son , and if any debt shall emerge , if I had borrowed anything for a time and shall owe it , I wish it to be paid by you , so that what I have left your sister may pass to her undiminished . ’ |
| 13 | As Mr Smith admitted : ‘ It was anything for a quiet life , ’ and Jennie had her way . |
| 14 | Yanto winked at Billy , who grabbed his mug and said , ‘ Okay , drink up , anything for a quiet life . ’ |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | Sell all , retire to an obscure lodging and do anything for a living ? |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
| 18 | ‘ It is difficult to do anything for a child who is not attending school . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 20 | ‘ Naturally I agree — I would agree to anything for a sight of Edward , be he prince or king ! ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd give anything for a cup of tea . |
| 23 | Still , about half the people never take anything for a headache . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I 'd promise anything for a leg over in those days , he used to say , but I 've got more about me now . |
| 26 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | We did n't say anything for a while , I was leaning beside him against his bench watching him clean off the rust . |
| 30 | Brian did not say anything for a moment . |