Example sentences of "[indef pn] else for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do n't you pick on somebody else for a change ? |
| 2 | Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 4 | But she wished the silly sod would look at somebody or something else for a change . |
| 5 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 6 | I think it might be an excellent idea if you forgot about everything else for a minute and let me hold you . ’ |
| 7 | , we wo n't be dealing with anybody else for a while , I can tell you . |
| 8 | Everybody else for a look through the field glasses , it does n't cost you |
| 9 | On leaving the castle , the dapper-suited President Havel , more at home in sweater and jeans , stood with everyone else for a rendering of the national anthem . |
| 10 | What point in having , I suppose it 's my fault , I should have read these erm , bits added to it more carefully earlier , but it does n't seem to have anything in their about anybody who is actually claiming a carer 's allowance from looking after somebody at the time , and whether we should have a phrase in there that it does n't include anybody that is collecting from the D S S S or anything else for a carer 's allowance anyway , because you do n't want to double pay anybody . |