Example sentences of "something [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A plethora of Down stars will be in action but Ballygalget could have something to spare at the finish . |
| 2 | If we can maintain our level of performance we will give the fans something to celebrate at the end of the year . ’ |
| 3 | but the cup does n't run like that … and with fifteen minutes to go Bath sub Paul Batty who wortks in a swindon sportshop during the week hit the headlines and the back of the net with the winner … so he 's the only local player with something to celebrate from the weekend … |
| 4 | And er they would maybe er devise or make or r find a piece of suitable wood or something to scratch in the garden or in the sand or on a piece of nice soft soil , to make furrows and er imitate maybe what their Dad was doing out in the field and er they had no concept of doing anything else to play really , it was just pretending they were pretending they were grown up and working . |
| 5 | I have not discussed that with the others yet but perhaps it is something to put on the agenda for the future . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes — but I have something to do on the way . |
| 7 | That has something to do with the stress of constant innovation , and rather more with the fact that they and their work have been systematically devalued by a government determined to bring schools under political control . |
| 8 | and he 's still got something to do with the union , so what he did , when he goes to these meetings he said to the , ah you bloke at Nissan how about getting us round |
| 9 | Seemingly , the Frenchman 's ineffectiveness in the startling 4–0 defeat at Manchester City had something to do with the decision . |
| 10 | Rostov thought that the colour of the sky probably had something to do with the state of the sun , and he wondered briefly about the effects of prolonged exposure to solar radiation . |
| 11 | ‘ Something to do with the state of your conscience . |
| 12 | There is so much opportunity for children to look at the nature of the physical world around them which is n't taken advantage of , and which could be , and I think that may have something to do with the attitude of teachers as much as the attitude of children . |
| 13 | There is so much opportunity for children to look at the nature of the physical world around them which is n't taken advantage of , and which could be , and I think that may have something to do with the attitude of teachers as much as the attitude of children . |
| 14 | I believe those murders had something to do with the race I rode for you . ’ |
| 15 | Is it something to do with the sex ? ’ ( how right she was ) but ended up abusively : ‘ Ian Wharton , you are the fucking male chauvinist pig to end all fucking male chauvinist pigs . |
| 16 | It was even more extraordinary that the hon. Gentleman seemed to think that the measure had something to do with the poll tax . |
| 17 | The main cause is almost always something to do with the pilot 's flying skills or judgements . |
| 18 | So Penny rang those numbers to find out where it was and it was something to do with the council or something . |
| 19 | Their ability to swing it , he stressed yet again , was ‘ something to do with the grip ’ — but it was going to remain a secret ! |
| 20 | Look , I groaned , it 's something to do with the spiral … ca n't you see ? |
| 21 | ‘ They 're all going bananas — something to do with the computer . ’ |
| 22 | Fielding said it was the Shakespeare that got them going , something to do with the exaltation caused by the tendered handclasp of art . |
| 23 | ‘ It must have something to do with the attack on Anna . |
| 24 | There were complications that she did n't understand — something to do with the fluid they kept draining off , something arising out of the chronic empyema . |
| 25 | But it is charitable to assume that it has something to do with the kind of critic that Pound is . |
| 26 | GUIL : ( Musing ) The law of probability , it has been oddly asserted , is something to do with the proposition that if six monkeys ( He has surprised himself ) … if six monkeys were … |
| 27 | Victoria knew her Uncle Donald was something to do with the Queen 's castle , and that Aunt Rose was her father 's sister . |
| 28 | After some reflection , she was unable to offer any rule but said , quite correctly , ‘ It seems to have something to do with the verb . ’ |
| 29 | ( Something to do with the angle of the wings . |
| 30 | Anyway , someone pointed out that the face in the mirror was obviously not the face of the woman looking into it , something to do with the angle at which the mirror was held , and what theory they attached to that , whether it had been intended , or a mistake , or even an overpainting at a later date — he did not remember that he had known about that . |