Example sentences of "[to-vb] something for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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 !
2 Write down examples of when you last ( i ) took on extra work in order to provide something for the addict in your life .
3 It was a real pleasure to win something for a change but unfortunately I do n't like knitting .
4 And I mean , if you set a list to do something for a day Yeah .
5 Section i concluded that the interest shown in trust wordings was a reflection of the demand that , although formless , a trust should be phrased in words which demonstrated an unequivocal intention on the part of the deceased to bind a trustee to do something for a beneficiary .
6 Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB .
7 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 ’ .
8 ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’
9 ‘ I 've always said I 'm prepared to pay something for a pass and other people are , too .
10 Mr Thornton said : ‘ Our aim is to have something for the golfing world to see in July 1995 when the Open Championship is staged at St Andrews . ’
11 If they are trying to use me to get something for the museum , then I shall think of something else .
12 she 's been trying to get something for the mother of the bride .
13 er next week is your let letters N and P for the raffle table , for the benefit of new members you go alphabetically through , you know , from A to Z and when it 's your turn we 'd like you to bring something for the raffle table
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