Example sentences of "[vb pp] something for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were both free then , and must have still felt something for each other . |
| 2 | She must have done something for which she was now being made to pay . |
| 3 | My winning has done something for them as well as me . |
| 4 | was a bit drunk one afternoon at about four o'clock and he said , ‘ If it was just an ‘ oul book we could have done something for you but with marrying this foreign woman you 're a hopeless case . ’ |
| 5 | " I had to be careful lest I did n't say to myself " I 've served God and done something for Him , now perhaps here is a relationship that will offer me happiness and marriage " . |
| 6 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 7 | If she could do that she would have done something for Felipe . |
| 8 | My sleep had done something for me . |
| 9 | You are all familiar with our loyal supporters , but what about those people on the fringes who may have given a donation or done something for Save The Children in the past , but never really followed it up and there are the people who are interested who think , it 's a charity I feel I ought to support . |
| 10 | But I 'll have done something for four years . |
| 11 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 12 | If you have not used something for literally years the chances are that it wo n't come in useful for a rainy day ( the hoarder 's excuse ) and that you probably wo n't ever use it . |
| 13 | Every increase in the price expected will , as a rule , induce some people who would not otherwise have produced anything , to produce a-little ; and those , who have produced something for the lower price , will produce more for the higher price . |
| 14 | I knew I 'd got something for your Dad . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Come on , I 've got something for you . ’ |
| 16 | We 've got something for you , whether you want to spend a lot , or just a little . |
| 17 | Kessler , known for his ingeniously mechanised and electrified constructions , this month ups the ante with a piece called ‘ Music Box ’ which has got something for the ears as well as for the eyes . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I 've got something for you , ’ she said , handing him the FN FAL magazine clip now sealed in a plastic bag . |
| 19 | Here , I 've got something for you . " |
| 20 | ‘ Nurse has got something for you . |
| 21 | Does it mean you 've got something for me already ? ’ |
| 22 | Well , there was n't much else to do in the evening until one day Mr Dowson arrived and said to me and Mrs Dowson : ‘ Now then , I 've got something for you lassies ’ , and brought in a wireless set . |
| 23 | ‘ And you 've got something for me ? ’ |
| 24 | But occasionally well not occasionally but quite often , at least once or twice a week , you 'd hear of somebody who is in the thieving business , they 'd got something for sale and you could get that quite cheap . |
| 25 | Ooh , I 've got something for you in the cupboard . |
| 26 | Got something for everybody now . |
| 27 | But at least when this bloke comes tonight you 've got something for him . |
| 28 | There 's quite a lot of things happening on there , we never have it on , but I have had it on and there now , they say so and so 's got something for sale or |
| 29 | I 've got something for tea for tonight , I never thought of about getting |
| 30 | Erm yeah , I must know someone actually who can who 's got something for sale . |