Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] something for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 2 | Also I 've got to get something for the boys ' dinner first … |
| 3 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 4 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 5 | she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride . |
| 6 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 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 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |