Example sentences of "something for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It says something for the delicacy of the proposal that it comes not from the Japanese government , but from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party . |
| 6 | Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’ |
| 7 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 8 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 9 | And something for the girls , ’ said Todger grudgingly . |
| 10 | ‘ This says something for the era in which projects have to be approved by television , ’ he told me . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 15 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Something for the ladies with the return of Hollywood 's hottest men THE CHIPPENDALES and the hilarious comedy LADIES NIGHT . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've got the school Nativity play , ’ said George , ‘ and Miss Thorne is already producing something for the Women 's Guild . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ There has something for the listener to contribute , to make it personal for them . ’ |
| 21 | Grammar is not just a collection of sentence patterns signifying nonsense , something for the learner 's brain to puzzle over . |
| 22 | Did something for the common good . |
| 23 | And she did owe Lilith something for the birthday message . |
| 24 | ‘ Though your Majesty 's affections may be very well known as to religion , ’ he urged , ‘ yet it may be expected that you should say something for the world 's satisfaction . ’ |
| 25 | Saints coach Mike McClennan enthused : ‘ With McCracken and Connolly in the centres we 'll have something for the ladies and something for the opposition. ! |
| 26 | Saints coach Mike McClennan enthused : ‘ With McCracken and Connolly in the centres we 'll have something for the ladies and something for the opposition. ! |
| 27 | ‘ That 's something for the family album . |
| 28 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 29 | Something for the whole school |
| 30 | Faced with the demise of their traditional courses , and with a government anxious both to increase the skills of the new unemployed young , and to be seen as doing something for the unemployed , colleges responded by mounting a programme of full-time non-vocational , or pre-vocational , courses . |