Example sentences of "[vb past] anything [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And you , you know , you used , you used anything as a pillow that you 'd got |
| 2 | The fact that he was an outstanding , if not completely graceful athlete , that he played anything with a racquet commendably well — I remember battling him at tennis in the oppressive heat of Guaruja to an 8–8 deadlock before we both gave up to avoid heat prostration — that he is a better than average golfer and could just as well have played football or cricket and enjoyed all sports , made him less exclusively obsessive about racing . |
| 3 | I never established anything like a friendship with him , but our paths did cross from time to time . |
| 4 | His face was still covered in coal dust and he looked anything but a gent . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , billionaire Ross Perot looked anything but a loser as he appeared before a crowd of cheering supporters , danced with his wife to the tune Crazy and pronounced Clinton had won . |
| 6 | The observation seemed irrelevant , but Tweed doubted whether the man from the Yard ever said anything without a purpose . |
| 7 | Nobody said anything for a moment , the two of them standing there , summing each other up . |
| 8 | I 'm gon na get changed , sure he never said anything about a shower to get |
| 9 | Who said anything about a court ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Who said anything about a home ? |
| 11 | ‘ Who said anything about a parrot ? ’ |
| 12 | He said the first day I went , I , I never sold anything except a couple of por a bit dubious , so he cooked half a dozen sausages , one bit of fish and did a few chips and said I bet we 'll be sitting here all day well every bugger come for fish and chips , had n't got none had they ! |