Example sentences of "[verb] something for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Write down examples of when you last ( i ) took on extra work in order to provide something for the addict in your life . |
| 2 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | He says the children were singing ’ always look on the bright side of life ’ which says something for the spirit of the school . |
| 8 | ‘ This says something for the era in which projects have to be approved by television , ’ he told me . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I hoped that perhaps you had been doing something for the welfare of these poor peoples , ’ persisted Daisy . |
| 12 | Saddam has never been known for doing something for the benefit of others . |
| 13 | she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride . |