Example sentences of "[verb] anything to the [noun sg] [conj] " 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 | It saves wondering the next day whether Jimmy Lynch will bring anything to the house or not . ’ |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It was so unusual for him to contribute anything to the conversation that Paula glanced at him in surprise . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Did you say anything to the effect that Lawrence was being harboured at the flat at or did he merely say he was concerned for the safety of the occupier ? |