Example sentences of "something [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And the microwave she 's got her cat book , a bottle of gin and a just buy her something else to go with it , out of that twenty five , spend the rest on mum that 's what I was thinking . |
| 32 | The fine weather brings out butterflies — something else to surprise the infrequent Arctic traveller — — and mosquitos with jaws like drills . |
| 33 | Bill looked as if he had something else to say . |
| 34 | Rostov tried to think of something else to say , but suddenly it was as if his brain had dried up . |
| 35 | He paused , searching his mind for something else to say , something that might move the emphasis away from himself . |
| 36 | Wilko spoke a lot about the ‘ monkey being off our backs now — people will have to start thinking about something else to say … ’ . |
| 37 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 38 | But are you living are you living , are you okay so you 've got nothing to live for erm and you 're finding something else to live for , is that revolution really , do you want the |
| 39 | I will have no trouble finding something else to do . ’ |
| 40 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 41 | She must think of something else to do . |
| 42 | Anwar would find him something else to do to get him in the grocery mood . |
| 43 | As part of this , MI5 has made a bid to adopt a more proactive intelligence-gathering role in dealing with the IRA ( now the cold war is over , it has to find something else to do ) . |
| 44 | ‘ People who had their money in high-interest accounts are looking for something else to do with it . |
| 45 | Rita confessed her frock had come from a Beverly Hills shop which was so snooty the assistant asked her if she had an appointment : ‘ I asked , ‘ Why , do the dresses have something else to do ? ’ ’ |
| 46 | He watches the boxing and I find something else to do . |
| 47 | ‘ I 'll stop , take myself out of tennis and find something else to do with my life . |
| 48 | When his consultancy is up , the DMA will probably offer him something else to do . |
| 49 | ‘ There 's always something else to do — lines you see and feel you have to go back for , lower peaks you 've left for later . |
| 50 | Why not visit the Amphitheatre and watch one of the exciting International Shows or perhaps you will find something else to do — there is so much going on from Fashion Shows to Jazz Festivals . |
| 51 | George took his for want of something else to do . |
| 52 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ You 'll have to find him something else to do , John , ’ he said . |
| 54 | ‘ They 'll probably have something else to do . ’ |
| 55 | I 'm stuck for something else to do at this minute , so I might as well listen . ’ |
| 56 | No passionate declarations about changing for her sake , about chucking it all in and finding something else to do . |
| 57 | He , Ratagan and Isay were wandering the fortress and taking in the holiday atmosphere for want of something else to do before the feast began . |
| 58 | so you 've got to find something else to do . |
| 59 | something else to do with them instead . |
| 60 | When the classic car market collapsed , he had to find something else to do with the vehicles awaiting restoration : |