pronoun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind )
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Would you like a coffee or something?
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She wasn’t involved in drugs or anything like that .
anything unusual
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Did you notice anything unusual about him?
anything up to
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a process that can take anything up to ten days
anything/anyone/anywhere in particular
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Was there anything in particular that you wanted to talk about?
anything/nothing untoward
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I walked past but didn’t notice anything untoward.
anything/nothing/something particular
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I had nothing particular planned.
anything/something/nothing special
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Are you doing anything special for Christmas?
be worth nothing/not be worth anything
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It’s a very old machine so I shouldn’t think it’s worth anything.
do something/nothing/anything
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He lay on the sofa and did nothing all day.
Does...mean anything to
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Does the name Bryce mean anything to you?
hardly anything (= almost nothing )
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Dad ate hardly anything .
have something/anything/nothing to say
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He usually has something to say about just about everything.
hear anything/much of sb/sth
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We don’t hear anything of him these days.
if anything can go wrong, it will
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I’m sure that if anything can go wrong, it will.
If...are anything to go by
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If his past plays are anything to go by , this should be a play worth watching.
ready for anything
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I felt strong, fit, and ready for anything .
say something/anything/nothing
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I was about to say something to him when he looked up and smiled.
something/anything/nothing suspicious
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Call the police if you see anything suspicious.
something/nothing/anything happens
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Something terrible has happened.
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She carried on as if nothing had happened.
suspect something/nothing/anything
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He never suspected anything.
whatever/anything you want
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Now he can do whatever he wants.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I can't promise (anything)
anything/whatever you say
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"I want fifty copies of this by 3:00." "Anything you say , Mrs. DeVere."
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Both Dames Elizabeth and Martha were deaf, so whatever you said or how you said it would not cause any alarm.
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But children know that parents are anxious whatever they say .
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Her one, clear thought was that, whatever he said , she would not be convinced by him.
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I know that I had no intention of stopping the procedure, whatever anyone said or did to influence me.
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If you are a teacher I do not ask you to believe or take on trust anything I say .
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She opened her mouth and then closed it again, because, whatever she said , he would have a patient answer.
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There's something baldly there about him which inclines me, like Kevin, to distrust anything he says .
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Zsa Zsa was enchanting - whatever I said to her, she'd just giggle and become even more indiscreet.
everything/anything etc under the sun
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Andrew and I spent many hours on the Windrush porch discussing almost everything under the sun from party politics to mystic transcendentalism.
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Some people think that the police can do everything under the sun like, but of course you can't.
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There literally is everything under the sun , and you're free to do as much or as little as you want.
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They discussed everything under the sun .
for want of anything better (to do)
if anything
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But his father said, not a bit; hardened if anything.
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But what, if anything, can they do with all this information?
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He asked if anything was the matter.
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I'd wager that, if anything, people's tastes are getting more diverse these days than they used to be.
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In this case you will only be responsible for the balance, if anything.
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No-one ever heard what, if anything, she told them; but the hives grew amazingly heavy.
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That percentage had, if anything, dropped by 2015.
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Truth was, I more than once looked back over my shoulder to see if anything was following me.
if you believe that, you'll believe anything
not amount to much/anything/a great deal etc
nothing/anything of the kind
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But nothing of the kind has happened.
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Even apparent moves by the regime to resolve the crisis turn out on closer inspection to be nothing of the kind .
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However, we have done nothing of the kind !
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In reality, of course, Pooley had done nothing of the kind .
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It's possible that I might have, but I can assure you I did nothing of the kind .
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It does nothing of the kind .
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Of course, nothing of the kind turns up.
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She had denied anything of the kind to the police but it was real enough.
something/anything/what happens to sb/sth
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Actually, no matter what happens to the business cycle, people will continue to eat and to get sick.
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Do all the fish die and what happens to the occupants of metal-hulled boats?
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If anything happens to me, just bury me at Wounded Knee.
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Suppose Holt's 6-year-old does opt out of school? What happens to her then?
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Tell the students to hold the jars and look at the items through them. What happens to the items?
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The power is cut! What happens to the cake?
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We thought of having a party on that day to watch what happens to one another.
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What are the determinants of supply? What happens to the supply curve when each of these determinants changes?
start something/anything
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If you start something in there, don't expect me to back you up.
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I figured I must be the only fool who was trying to start something.
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I myself had started something of a relationship with her just now.
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I think we have to be autocratic about officers, at first, in order to start something.
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In fact, I was thinking I might try and start something along those lines as soon as I can.
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It's, well, enough to get by on, but not much more, not enough to start something.
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The standard affair, nowadays, will start something like this.
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Those involved were told that they should have consulted the senior branch before starting anything like that.
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When I brought you that painting, it started something.
whatever/wherever/anything etc you like
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Down the golden road, London and the world, life, whatever you like .
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I said they can call themselves anything they like , and I would still not engage one.
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I wished I could go back to the other way, when we could just do whatever we liked .
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Once you're online, you can use whatever you like .
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That is to say put anything you like on them, but don t be surprised if some one else reads them.
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They can do whatever they like provided that it is what the Treasury has already agreed.
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We can ask him whatever we like .
would give anything/a lot/your right arm etc for sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Do you need anything from the store?
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Don't do anything stupid.
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Have you heard anything about their new album?
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If you believe that, you'll believe anything !
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The cat will eat anything .
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You can't believe anything Kathy says.