Example sentences of "something else [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in other words , we 're saying if they 're off sick , erm , they decide to go out and , you know , do something else to earn some money , then they would n't be able to claim under their policy . |
| 2 | Meeting Jenny the following day at least gave me something else to hang on to , but I still had n't the faintest idea how everyone was going to react . |
| 3 | Something else to take into consideration when choosing a carpet is which way does the room face . |
| 4 | She snapped the seat belt into position and stared out through the window as if in search of something else to organize . |
| 5 | ‘ Hopefully tomorrow , unless you manage to find something else to complain about in our department . ’ |
| 6 | Prices were falling and far-sighted men were looking for something else to cultivate . |
| 7 | It gives you something else to talk about . |
| 8 | And the microwave she 's got her cat book , a bottle of gin and a just buy her something else to go with it , out of that twenty five , spend the rest on mum that 's what I was thinking . |
| 9 | The fine weather brings out butterflies — something else to surprise the infrequent Arctic traveller — — and mosquitos with jaws like drills . |
| 10 | Bill looked as if he had something else to say . |
| 11 | Rostov tried to think of something else to say , but suddenly it was as if his brain had dried up . |
| 12 | He paused , searching his mind for something else to say , something that might move the emphasis away from himself . |
| 13 | Wilko spoke a lot about the ‘ monkey being off our backs now — people will have to start thinking about something else to say … ’ . |
| 14 | She promised to find something else to sell me , and said that she would give me a ring . |
| 15 | But are you living are you living , are you okay so you 've got nothing to live for erm and you 're finding something else to live for , is that revolution really , do you want the |
| 16 | I will have no trouble finding something else to do . ’ |
| 17 | It took ages to dawn on me that I had to find something else to do with my time other than music . |
| 18 | She must think of something else to do . |
| 19 | Anwar would find him something else to do to get him in the grocery mood . |
| 20 | As part of this , MI5 has made a bid to adopt a more proactive intelligence-gathering role in dealing with the IRA ( now the cold war is over , it has to find something else to do ) . |
| 21 | ‘ People who had their money in high-interest accounts are looking for something else to do with it . |
| 22 | Rita confessed her frock had come from a Beverly Hills shop which was so snooty the assistant asked her if she had an appointment : ‘ I asked , ‘ Why , do the dresses have something else to do ? ’ ’ |
| 23 | He watches the boxing and I find something else to do . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll stop , take myself out of tennis and find something else to do with my life . |
| 25 | When his consultancy is up , the DMA will probably offer him something else to do . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's always something else to do — lines you see and feel you have to go back for , lower peaks you 've left for later . |
| 27 | Why not visit the Amphitheatre and watch one of the exciting International Shows or perhaps you will find something else to do — there is so much going on from Fashion Shows to Jazz Festivals . |
| 28 | George took his for want of something else to do . |
| 29 | This is the very reason a member of the steering group gave for becoming involved in the project : ‘ It gives me something else to do , gets me out of the factory [ adult training centre ] and is less boring . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You 'll have to find him something else to do , John , ’ he said . |