Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [indef pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She had cared nothing for the man who was attacking her then ; her despair now was because she could not bear the caresses of the man whom she loved , and she knew loved her . |
| 32 | He wanted to know whether Wickham had arrested anyone for the murder because until then he could not face going to work . |
| 33 | At table there were some small , preliminary escapes , nothing much ; I was determined to save everything for the climax . |
| 34 | she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride . |
| 35 | We went to him and said : ‘ We have hidden something for the Man under one of your boats . ’ |
| 36 | Gina , Barbara , Ronnie and Chris Jury , a friend of theirs from Hull University Drama Department days , volunteered to arrange something for the second anniversary of John 's kidnap on 17 April . |
| 37 | 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 ! |
| 38 | It 's done nothing for the box . |
| 39 | But , up until now , they have offered nothing for the budget or ‘ entry level ’ guitar market . |
| 40 | Every increase in the price expected will , as a rule , induce some people who would not otherwise have produced anything , to produce a-little ; and those , who have produced something for the lower price , will produce more for the higher price . |
| 41 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 42 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 43 | So a £4 billion industry can use the product of a £250m one and need pay nothing for the privilege . |