Example sentences of "[vb pp] for something else " in BNC.
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| 1 | which is what I 've done for something else and what we simply did was to take an A 4 landscape sheet erm and carve a syllabus over I think that was sixteen or eighteen weeks or something up , and divide it into you know units of competence , elements of competence and the assignments and the homework |
| 2 | If the substrate S can be used for something else , it is clearly efficient to control the first step in the synthesis , S→A , rather than , say , the last one , E→P , because in the latter case E would accumulate . |
| 3 | The money spent on these products could have been used for something else . |
| 4 | Thysia ansorgei is now placed in Thysiachromis , as Thysia was found to have been previously used for something else ( not a fish ) . |
| 5 | Thousands of school children , all of them well over sixteen , were crammed there into a large tall gilt room , and told not to insult the French , not to talk to Arabs , and not to go to Montmartre : then an English lady stood up and said that Paris had always been for her a source inépuisable de something , and everyone clapped , and then they were all turned out again , rather quickly , for the room was clearly needed for something else . |
| 6 | Each decision involves a calculable opportunity cost of not having opted for something else . |
| 7 | Now , after 9,500 miles , I wish I had gone for something else as there is only 3mm of tread left on each tyre all the way round . |
| 8 | Using pliers or one of the various gripping wrenches will not do the tool much good ( they 're usually meant for something else ) and will probably make a mess of the nut . |