Example sentences of "something [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Normally you would n't be seen dead doing a knees bend keeping your back straight , but if you 're getting something off the bottom shelf you wo n't look ridiculous at all . |
| 2 | There 's a little old rhyme about sowing crops which accepts that you ca n't expect the maximum potential from a crop every time — you 've got to allow something for the other occupants of the land and it goes : |
| 3 | He can still settle or ask the court to award damages on the old basis of including something for the future risk . |
| 4 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 5 | Quite a number of farmers from these areas , although still with 10–15 years active service left , did not think they could benefit from training : for them it was ‘ something for the young folk ’ . |
| 6 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 7 | It 's a unique opportunity to do something really strong for the sake of the restoration of my citizenship , while at the same time by that of course I 'm doing something for the human rights of every single citizen in Czechoslovakia . |
| 8 | Did something for the common good . |
| 9 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 10 | Can we in the alternative put our case if that is a fait accompli then there must be something for the local communities to be derived from this and therefore we went for protection under one O six agreement as Stewart quite rightly refers to and we also went for the dedication of large areas of the resultant heap for landscaping and for public open space . |
| 11 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 12 | That younger element , are doing something for the local community . |
| 13 | thirty six quid for this thirty six eighty four or something for the local paper . |
| 14 | Something for the whole school |
| 15 | He detected a note of excitement in his uncle 's voice and thought that it would be something for the old man to look forward to , seeing his work in print . |
| 16 | ‘ It says something for the civilising effect of our upbringing that we can both sit here calmly sharing a meal together when we freely admit to the same deep-seated and violent antipathy . ’ |
| 17 | The " particularities " of scholarly comparison can also embarrass the lay reader of The Scale where Hilton , particularly in Scale 2 , illuminates something about the inner relevance of what is meant by " Christ lived in each person according to the construction of that personality " . |
| 18 | The Book of Daniel tells us something about the inner vision which inspired the enemies of Antiochus IV in facing battle and martyrdom . |
| 19 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 20 | He said : ‘ This would force Langbaurgh Council and Northumbrian Water to get together to do something about the terrible sewage problems there . ’ |
| 21 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 22 | Perhaps they reflect nothing at all except the accidents of conception : but I suspect that there is often , in fact , a buried clue here , and that if we could unearth it we should know something about the early growth of many market towns that no documents will ever tell us . |
| 23 | Frege argued that in asserting an existential proposition one is in effect saying something about the relevant concept , namely that certain things fall under it , or , conversely , that nothing falls under it , i.e. that the concept is empty , as the case may be . |
| 24 | He only hesitated for a moment before something about the strained tension on her face made his mind up . |
| 25 | There was something about the firm set of her body that Jay knew instinctively : she was a survivor . |
| 26 | This necessitates them saying something about the rival philosophy of the includers in addition to conveying the appearance of expertise . |
| 27 | And there was something about the easy way they were together , evidently in the full flow of conversation , that sent a quick uneasy dart of emotion rushing through her . |
| 28 | There 's something about the Western Loire that makes you want to savour every moment . |
| 29 | However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland . |
| 30 | To gain the most benefit from installing a desk top publishing system you must be prepared to learn something about the general area of printing . |