Example sentences of "[indef pn] for [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It would be better than nothing for the pheasants .
2 You pay nothing for the cheques you issue , your Debits ; and there is no Maintenance Charge .
3 Nothing for the archives and nothing that could be sold off , this bric-a-brac had obviously been stored against the possibility of some surviving and previously untraced relative appearing to claim it .
4 Gombert 's linear sense — and sometimes Crecquillon 's and Lupi 's was so strong that he cared nothing for the asperities of harsh suspensions or accented passing-notes , as in this passage from his motet , ‘ Ave sanctissima Maria ’ :
5 She cared less than nothing for the privileges of the housewife ; the old woman could have kept the keys for ever , and Julian would have been indifferent .
6 The court heard Edmunds initially took 10 per cent of the earnings but with nothing for the Sunsets .
7 he was merely pandering to his feelings did nothing for the children he left behind .
8 He wanted me to handle all the money side and do the bills but some weeks I had nothing for food , nothing for bills , nothing for the children .
9 ‘ Nothing to think about , everything laid on , three meals a day , plenty for the children and a family show every night .
10 It had to be admitted that there was plenty for the voters to be disgruntled about .
11 Plenty for the politicians to talk about .
12 There was an element of fitness training in the Scots ' routines , but there was none for the Fijians .
13 He was taking care of everything for the owners .
14 She put by the rent for the six weeks , and laid out everything for the bills — she usually pays £6 a week for gas , £2.68 newspapers , £2 club for her son 's clothes , £30 for food , £2.75 for school dinners in term time .
15 And Steve Albini — slightly abrasive , direct and not one to compromise just to impress people — is here in this studio to remaster everything for the reissues .
16 Cos the mortgages and that but there 's a lot of them , and kids causing it , and Christmas was coming well you know we just , that 's when they helped us at Christmas was really fantastic yes , true I never thought anything really out of this world how the how the people helped We got toys and everything for the kids ' Christmas , everything you could think of .
17 ‘ 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 ?
18 And something for the girls , ’ said Todger grudgingly .
19 Now , he wanted Terry to tell the US government to start doing something for the hostages .
20 ‘ We 've got the school Nativity play , ’ said George , ‘ and Miss Thorne is already producing something for the Women 's Guild . ’
21 In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras .
22 So if we get an idea to do something for the residents we do not need to go through endless red tape in order to get it done .
23 Something for the ladies with the return of Hollywood 's hottest men THE CHIPPENDALES and the hilarious comedy LADIES NIGHT .
24 Saints coach Mike McClennan enthused : ‘ With McCracken and Connolly in the centres we 'll have something for the ladies and something for the opposition. !
25 ( 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 . )
26 Also I 've got to get something for the boys ' dinner first …
27 Dettori , who will be warming up for next season in Hong Kong , did not rest on his laurels , steering odds-on Shintillo to a sauntering success in the Something For The Boys Maiden .
28 Get something for the lice , or whatever , wood lice or
29 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 .
30 Yes , she has got some tickets , a , she 's made some and erm hoping those who ca n't come will buy ticket at least , but if they would bring a bottle you know , something for the prizes er erm they do n't pay for coffee , biscuit .
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