Example sentences of "[subord] anything [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , within the Aegean , the Third Millennium BC was a wonderful period , when a lot of new things happened and that is particularly true of the Cycladic islands , so anything we can do to understand the international spirit of the Early Bronze Age of the Aegean is helpful . |
| 2 | The evidence that we have briefly reviewed above for various patterns of flip-flop and phonologically conditioned interchanges between adjacent vowels is much richer than anything we can hope to recover from history . |
| 3 | I mean he is desperately concerned , I mean he , he loves us all with a concern which just er er er er i is greater than anything we can understand , so concern at the at the slightest er doubt about , I ca n't understand how concerned he is but er I totally relax |
| 4 | Much bigger than anything we could attempt on London 's Burning . ’ |
| 5 | More than anything she would love to be Kirsty 's guardian and , in spite of the harsh things Jake had said to her , she knew , if that happened , she would do a good job . |
| 6 | They are fast-moving , colourful , noisy , and as good if not better than anything you can buy for home computers . |
| 7 | It prepared me better than anything I 'd read or seen for the crisp exterior and soft centre of the Big Apple . |
| 8 | That inexcusable act probably speaks with greater clarity than anything I could say about his true character . |
| 9 | I continue watching him , knowing that my silence is more effective than anything I could say . |
| 10 | I thought Macao had greater sophistication — certainly the casino hotels offered a more ambitious modern architecture than anything I could see in this furred heart of a moribund empire . |
| 11 | He wished more than anything he 'd go . |
| 12 | Well what do you think if there 's a mass migration from Soviet territories , should we absorb those immigrants into the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe , it 's just after half past nine , you 're listening to Radio Four , this is Nick Ross , we 're discussing , as you 've no doubt gathered , events in the Soviet Union and how they affect us , what , if anything we can do to influence them . |
| 13 | If anything we will specialise more rather than become more generalised . |
| 14 | And that erm led to a lot of people coming down to the probation office , asking , you know , what if anything they could do about the noise up there . |
| 15 | The only , if anything it might shrink a little . |
| 16 | If anything it 'll get worse because it 'll be more of an effort to re re-communicate |
| 17 | If anything it will make their lives easier by making it impossible for American companies and citizens to keep anything confidential . ’ |
| 18 | DIGI DUB serve up a welcome listen of techno ragga , electro and dub , blending them to such a degree that they still remain hard to categorise , dealing in each style with equal authority and adeptness throughout and as inventive as anything you 'll find plagiarising these genres . |
| 19 | Voluntary work in the community can be just as useful as anything you may have done in a paid capacity . |
| 20 | You need n't worry ’ — he was getting happy now , preening his face with his tiny hands — ‘ this conversation we 've had will remain just as confidential as anything you may say to him . |
| 21 | And even today these do-it-yourself beauty products often work just as well as anything you can buy . |