Example sentences of "something [verb] [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 | This story is written to be read out loud , and in many contemporary cultures , reading out loud is something done mostly for children . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | And EVERY day there is something going on for mum and dad or the kiddies . |
| 6 | " I just had to get something finished to-night for Mr. Preston , " she said . |
| 7 | It was something to dress up for . |
| 8 | The garden will be much more interesting if there is always something to watch out for , whatever the season . |
| 9 | ‘ They just collapse , ’ he said , leaning against his winning pumpkin , which looked like something run up for a stage set . |
| 10 | Okay now , go easy , and we 'll get that , we 'll get something sorted out for her . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll be only too pleased to help get something sorted out for poor old Len ; life is n't exactly going to be easy for him . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Perhaps only barely by then , until she managed to get something behind her , the reserve , the " something put by for a rainy day " which neither she nor anyone else in her hand-to-mouth world could ever quite hold together . |
| 14 | ‘ All partners are technically self-employed but in order to prevent them from getting into a frightful mess we deduct a percentage from their drawings , so there is something put aside for tax . |
| 15 | " You needed something to make up for it , " Lyn said . |