Example sentences of "something [to-vb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | C is also a difficult language unless you are planning to use it full time and certainly not something to indulge in for fun . |
| 2 | Damn Sir Edmund Pusey — he probably knew more about it than he had let on , regarding it as better for my soul or something to find out for myself . |
| 3 | In the 1920s , the incidents were a little more prosaic — but useful if they gave the patrolling constable something to chuckle over for an hour or two . |
| 4 | It was something to dress up for . |
| 5 | The garden will be much more interesting if there is always something to watch out for , whatever the season . |
| 6 | Her new partner alleviated the terrible loneliness caused by my father 's death after 50 years of marriage and literally gave her something to get up for in the morning , when planting tulips would n't have been enough . |
| 7 | " You needed something to make up for it , " Lyn said . |