Example sentences of "anyone [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Security people checked invitations before admitting anyone through the tent flaps .
2 The grieving widow was rich and powerful enough to hound anyone through the courts .
3 Anyone between the ages of 18 and 70 can invest in the Family Bond , provided they do not already have a tax-exempt Friendly Society policy where premiums are still being paid .
4 She is not permitted to talk to anyone about the marriage now . ’
5 This is the remark of an understandably anxious man , but one friend has observed that although he seemed as concerned as anyone about the advent of war he still retained his " detachment of spirit " .
6 The other is that Americans have grumbled louder and longer than anyone about the rubbish they throw out .
7 ‘ He knows more than anyone about the family assets , and he 's totally in the gang 's power .
8 Ward had not lied or misled anyone about the nature of the payment or tried to conceal the money he had received .
9 And this time there is no second match to get anyone off the hook !
10 If I 've missed anyone off the list , could you please let them know .
11 He said : ‘ We are reluctant to take anyone off the poll tax register , for obvious reasons .
12 Presumably they 'd never done anyone for the job .
13 Yes , thanks to your incredibly generous friends at Public NME and our willingness to sleep with anyone for the sake of our readers , we 've got 20 copies of ‘ Bleach ’ , the classic debut set from Nirvana , to give away .
14 He wanted to know whether Wickham had arrested anyone for the murder because until then he could not face going to work .
15 " The Moslem Brothers , who are more anxious than anyone for the stability of Egypt and the welfare of its citizens adhere to legal means in their preaching and the defence of their right to undertake activities to realise their goals , " he said .
16 But Downing Street sources said no blame was being attached to anyone for the breakdown .
17 But they were as aware as anyone of the variables of timing and electoral fortune which could dictate the succession or lead Tory MPs to ‘ skip a generation ’ and look to such figures as John Major and Chris Patten .
18 ( His blood-pressure must have risen dangerously if he ever met anyone of the name of Hambly who also drank sherry ) .
19 Afterwards the girl , who had few close friends in Britain , returned to University College , on the outskirts of London , unable to tell anyone of the ordeal .
20 Firstly the telephonist denied the existence of anyone of the name of Azadi .
21 If you take a facial expression anyone of the seven dwarfs and you want to try and give a dramatic idea how to present that face or that attitude to do it just by standing there without curtains opening on you and all that sort of thing it 's quite diffi , it 's quite difficult !
22 I am as aware as anyone of the changes going on in the world .
23 ‘ I do n't think I need remind anyone of the tragic blow which the Miletti family , and indeed the whole of Perugia , has suffered today .
24 For example , no amount of arguing by itself will convince anyone of the truth of Genesis , 2 – 3 , but knowledge of the possibility of interpreting it in different ways — which include the symbolic — can help people to think again about an easy dismissal of it .
25 But I 'm sure anyone of the United players and the fans that have made the trip up from Oxford this afternoon , would have settled for a one point at half time .
26 Under the Protection of Children ( Tobacco ) Act of 1986 it is illegal to sell any tobacco product to anyone below the age of 16 .
27 Relations can be defined as either parents — anyone above the user in the family , or descendants — anyone below the user in the family tree .
28 Anyone considering the venue a rather incongruous one for startling political imagery and prototype ‘ vehicles ’ for those with and without power in society ( the police on one side , immigrants and the homeless on the other ) , has obviously not got the message the Fundació has aimed to get across since it opened exactly two years ago : that it is not just about Tàpies , but has a wider and more challenging agenda .
29 I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination .
30 ‘ Also , anyone near the Vernon public house , Dale Street , near the magistrates ’ court , or the Texaco garage on Vauxhall Road at the same time , should do the same . ’
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