Example sentences of "[vb base] anything [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well when we say anything to a child , we look for a response . |
| 2 | ‘ Know anything about a chap called Desmond Seymour-Strachey ? ’ he asked casually , after the usual preliminaries of cursing the weather , the students , and the teacher 's lot . |
| 3 | assume anything at a roundabout |
| 4 | Collector 's corner is the feature round about three thirty so if you want to go on collector 's corner if you collect anything for a hobby that 's the spot for you . |
| 5 | Sell all , retire to an obscure lodging and do anything for a living ? |
| 6 | ‘ You never do anything without a motive , ’ she said tightly . |
| 7 | Still , about half the people never take anything for a headache . |
| 8 | But resemblance can not explain how a thinker could experience one object as standing for another ; for how could the fact that a particular datum is similar to other things mean anything to a thinker unless he experienced it as being like many others — that is , unless he grasped it , not just as a particular but as an instance of a kind ? |
| 9 | When you make anything from a box to a dress , it is very helpful if you can measure accurately ! |
| 10 | And I think that a lot of shoppers tend to forget that every time you buy anything from a shop , even if all you spent is ten pence , it does n't matter how little money you 've spent , but every time you buy anything from a shop you have a contract with the shop and the shop has a contract with you . |
| 11 | And I think that a lot of shoppers tend to forget that every time you buy anything from a shop , even if all you spent is ten pence , it does n't matter how little money you 've spent , but every time you buy anything from a shop you have a contract with the shop and the shop has a contract with you . |