Example sentences of "something for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | This is something for which surveys , including that of Greeley and Rossi , are not and can not be intended . |
| 2 | It becomes clear after one has been working at something for several weeks , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that one is not going to achieve what one had hoped for . |
| 3 | I bought myself a mug of tea at the counter in order to pay for something for a change , then I sat and waited for Kathleen . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , if it does n't work out , come back and see us and we 'll try to do something for you , OK ? ’ |
| 5 | But after slaving over something for ten years , it is rather nice to show it off a bit . |
| 6 | There 's something for all tastes in our table |
| 7 | Would you do something for me ? |
| 8 | Something for you ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This does indeed seem like getting something for nothing , but is it really ? |
| 11 | Wengen 's skiing is extensive , but for piste skiers is mostly easy ; Murren is very limited , with one spectacular descent from the famous Schilthorn ; Zermatt has something for everyone and lots for experts , but to reach its full potential needs better snow than it often receives ; Saas Fee has an excellent glacier , but again needs abundant snow to provide much more than that — in particular , to satisfy better skiers . |
| 12 | The polished Mr Baker , in defence of Mr Lawson 's interest rates , even brought himself to shout , something for which the conference handbook , in its Suggestions to Speakers on page 46 , says there is no need . |
| 13 | Her husband said , ‘ Wait one moment , Monsieur , my wife has something for you . ’ |
| 14 | It says something for Ramsey 's person and mind and reputation that one of the two most Anglo-Catholic professors in England could be elected on the proposal of two nonconformists . |
| 15 | The study of something for its own sake , for the sake of knowing , understanding , grasping it and for nothing else , is an essential characteristic of education , lower or higher , though more obviously of higher education . |
| 16 | When an agent is cutting a deal , he or she needs to leave something for everyone . |
| 17 | Even now Maggie remembered the making of it as a time of rare delight : when all the people of her life came together and did something for her . |
| 18 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 19 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 20 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Will you do something for me ? ’ he asked . |
| 22 | ‘ Will you do something for me ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Will you do something for me tomorrow , Liebchen ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , and perhaps as senior man you might like to arrange something for his funeral , a wreath , represent the Section , that sort of thing . |
| 25 | As well as offering high quality womenswear , Freemans has launched the 1991 spring/summer menswear collection with something for everyone . |
| 26 | Meanwhile , single mothers will sit and watch the TV and watch the advertisements which all show either happy couples or one single person doing something for an unseen other : ironing his shirts , organising their mortgage , driving his Audi to visit her . |
| 27 | It is estimated ‘ If I die , they will have to do something for her . |
| 28 | ‘ If I die , they will have to do something for her , ’ she says . |
| 29 | ‘ That 's how the West can do something for us . |
| 30 | The evening is a holiday stew with something for everyone : multi-ethnic chorus lines , poll-tax jokes , Kylie and Jason jokes , and Second World War jokes for those old enough to remember . |