Example sentences of "something [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Truth to tell , the arrangement did n't look particularly promising : the Bowl resembled something for kitchen use , plain fired ceramic , large enough to whip eggs for a couple of soufflés . |
| 2 | So you would just put in something for literacy ? |
| 3 | ‘ Randy , would you put down something for discussion by the Executive Committee ? ’ |
| 4 | Other Greeks do not want to work in them ; they prefer the little shop , the handyman 's job , doing something for cousin Yannis . |
| 5 | But it was only something for Dad . ’ |
| 6 | Some states even issue a non-driver 's licence : it actually says This Is Not A Driver 's Licence because you need something for identification . |
| 7 | Still thinking ; thinking about all the times I 've seen people I know do something for revenge , or do anything vindictive or sneaky or smart or even threaten to . |
| 8 | ‘ We need something for lunch , ’ said Helen . |
| 9 | She 'd have to organise something for lunch though , instead of making do with a sandwich . |
| 10 | I want something for lunch |
| 11 | Well that 's it , I mean you have something for breakfast , a light lunch and you can go out for a big meal , that 's all you need . |
| 12 | I 'm not afraid of money but occasionally a writer wants to write something for love and for pleasure |
| 13 | I 'm not creating something for posterity — it 's for comfort and enjoyment . ’ |
| 14 | to buy , to buy some pens or something for school , cos I need to get a pen anyway , so it wo n't be , you know |
| 15 | Er it 's okay to say , yes three or four thousand I 'll play about with and I think Japan 'll be good for the next five years , that 's a different matter , but if you 're dependent on something for income and security , then you ca n't really take a risk profile on , on , on your money . |
| 16 | And we had a letter home saying something about you need to go to the local dentist or something for treatment . |
| 17 | erm These are all very exclusive events and ticket events so we felt there was a need for a public event and erm , what they say in Glasgow , something for ma , pa and the wains and so we 're having a family fun day at Chatlereau country park , just south of Glasgow at Hamilton . |
| 18 | Ca n't you give me something for head ? |
| 19 | A man was preparing something for supper at a table . |
| 20 | She found it difficult to imagine him getting something for supper . |
| 21 | She told herself , it would not really be doing something for Andrée if it did not come hard . |
| 22 | Well I get twenty five quid 's worth of vouchers from Marks and Spencers I shall buy Stuart a shirt , I 'll give it for something for Christmas , wo n't it ? |
| 23 | Mike loves Mother , and it would be something for Mother to do all day . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do remind me to get something for Mother before then — a potted plant or something growing . |
| 25 | But occasionally well not occasionally but quite often , at least once or twice a week , you 'd hear of somebody who is in the thieving business , they 'd got something for sale and you could get that quite cheap . |
| 26 | There 's quite a lot of things happening on there , we never have it on , but I have had it on and there now , they say so and so 's got something for sale or |
| 27 | Erm yeah , I must know someone actually who can who 's got something for sale . |
| 28 | If you 'd like to go on Bargain Basement , the feature we have round about three thirty , if you 've got something for sale , five pounds or under , call us on . |
| 29 | Is n't this an indication that the government is trying to do something for training in this country ? |
| 30 | Doyle watched her riffle through a wad of papers as though she had taken him by surprise , and when she held up something for Tug to see he craned sideways so that he could glimpse it too . |