Example sentences of "something [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally you would n't be seen dead doing a knees bend keeping your back straight , but if you 're getting something off the bottom shelf you wo n't look ridiculous at all . |
| 2 | I usually take something off the peg , hope that it fits , take it home and if it does n't , try taking it back . |
| 3 | But can I tell you something off the record ? ’ |
| 4 | Viewers , when presented with a shot in which the subject is seen looking at something off the screen , will assume that the next shot will show whatever it was that the person was looking at . |
| 5 | Huy stooped to pick something off the ground , that lay three-quarters hidden in the rough yellow grass that grew around the sides of the stone . |
| 6 | The Russians would much rather deal with a right-wing conservative any day because they know where they stand , rather than a left-wing liberal who might do something off the wall , like act on principle , for heaven 's sake . |
| 7 | You 're often looking for somewhere , a garage or something off the motorway just for the toilet or a drink |
| 8 | b ) People like the trolleys to keep moving slowly when they reach out to take something off the shelf . |
| 9 | Yeah , yeah I think they want twelve , twelve ninety nine or something off the market |
| 10 | But it sounds to me as though it 's taking something off the telephone , which is simple in n it ? |
| 11 | She added something for the panel to remember her by — sheer seamed black tights with black and grey checked flat shoes and , on the lapel of her jacket , a blue glass antique brooch . |
| 12 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 13 | ‘ Would n't it buy something for the girls here or put someone through school even if you did n't want to take it for yourself ? |
| 14 | The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion . |
| 15 | It says something for the delicacy of the proposal that it comes not from the Japanese government , but from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party . |
| 16 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 17 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 18 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 19 | And something for the girls , ’ said Todger grudgingly . |
| 20 | ‘ This says something for the era in which projects have to be approved by television , ’ he told me . |
| 21 | FEARFUL that an eco-collection could be tarnished with a ‘ muesli bar ’ image , she purposefully chose ‘ to show an avant-garde range that did n't look too eco because the consumer is not ready to do something for the environment at the expense of looking good ’ . |
| 22 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 23 | Something for the weekend , sir , she said , stopping him just as he was about to leave with another young man — you see she 'd noticed that they had n't talked before going off together , they 'd just started kissing and were going to drag each other home without discussing anything , and they were young , really young , eighteen . |
| 24 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 25 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 26 | The image of the CAB is one of action and advocacy — the adviser will ‘ do ’ something for the client or at least tell the client what to do . |
| 27 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 28 | Something for the ladies with the return of Hollywood 's hottest men THE CHIPPENDALES and the hilarious comedy LADIES NIGHT . |
| 29 | ‘ We 've got the school Nativity play , ’ said George , ‘ and Miss Thorne is already producing something for the Women 's Guild . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ There has something for the listener to contribute , to make it personal for them . ’ |