Example sentences of "something for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Shall we just top this up with something for a drink for him ? |
| 2 | I bought myself a mug of tea at the counter in order to pay for something for a change , then I sat and waited for Kathleen . |
| 3 | ‘ Ca n't we do lions or something for a change ? ’ |
| 4 | It was a real pleasure to win something for a change but unfortunately I do n't like knitting . |
| 5 | Let's see you actually do something for a change . . |
| 6 | Six hundred or something for a day no four hundred for a day . |
| 7 | And I mean , if you set a list to do something for a day Yeah . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've always said I 'm prepared to pay something for a pass and other people are , too . |
| 9 | And it 's possible that the curious telephone conversation in the flat , with its reference to postponing something for a week , related to your time limit . |
| 10 | Section i concluded that the interest shown in trust wordings was a reflection of the demand that , although formless , a trust should be phrased in words which demonstrated an unequivocal intention on the part of the deceased to bind a trustee to do something for a beneficiary . |
| 11 | It has a light , fresh fragrance and there is something for every style . |
| 12 | The activities of the societies also ensure that there is something for every branch of the membership . |
| 13 | A ‘ Mad Lab ’ boasts a host of ‘ flashing , gyrating , noisy ’ science-based gadgets , with something for every visitor to take home , and a boomerang workshop promises a prize for the ‘ best returner ’ . |
| 14 | which er it costs one pound something for the insurance . |
| 15 | She added something for the panel to remember her by — sheer seamed black tights with black and grey checked flat shoes and , on the lapel of her jacket , a blue glass antique brooch . |
| 16 | and there was a lot of waste , but these new tables did bring that , it was something for the company it was more than anything , you know cos we were on the bonus system . |
| 17 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
| 18 | Something for the gentleman . |
| 19 | The employee top 10 features those companies which are expanding fastest , and it says something for the performance of WPP that it has managed to perform well in eps and return on capital terms at the same time as it has achieved that expansion . |
| 20 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 21 | Meanwhile viewer reaction slot Biteback ( 4.30pm , BBC1 ) does something for the country 's frustrated football commentators . |
| 22 | My sister was sent off to boarding school near Bournemouth to improve her health and was near starved , but Mother always managed to find something for the home fare — I remember a great day when she found the butcher 's bare and bought a goose that was available and that we certainly should n't have had it in normal circumstances and I was quick to see it was an ill wind that did nobody any good ! |
| 23 | It says something for the delicacy of the proposal that it comes not from the Japanese government , but from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party . |
| 24 | ‘ Something for the MEDAU NEWS , please write it if you would — Not too long and not too short — we know you 'll make it good ! ’ |
| 25 | The girls were wanting something done , partitioned off up the back or something for the draught coming under |
| 26 | ‘ I hoped that perhaps you had been doing something for the welfare of these poor peoples , ’ persisted Daisy . |
| 27 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 28 | But if the asserted proposition is about Ruritania , then surely it must be false , for in that case the subject term has a reference , i.e. there is something for the proposition to be true about If , on the other hand , the proposition is true , then by the same token it can not be about Ruritania , for Ruritania does not exist ; it is fiction . |
| 29 | If you ca n't , but would n't mind keeping the draft till you 're in Prague ( it 's good for six months ) , it may be less of a hassle cashing it there , especially as the bank in Brno may charge you something for the transaction . |
| 30 | He says the children were singing ’ always look on the bright side of life ’ which says something for the spirit of the school . |