Example sentences of "[conj] something for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't we do lions or something for a change ? ’ |
| 2 | I did actually toy with the idea of calling myself Coma Toes or something for my last album . |
| 3 | " I wish they could give you an aspirin or something for it , though . |
| 4 | Er , would have been nice if there 'd been a rock or something for one of them to break over . |
| 5 | It 's only about a pound eighty a week or something for him . |
| 6 | And we had a letter home saying something about you need to go to the local dentist or something for treatment . |
| 7 | Yeah , put it there he 'll feed it , he 'll have it , hurry up , that 's it hurry up and eat it cos we 've got to go erm , and they 'll have sandwiches or something for tea and er if you point something they say no I do n't want it and then when the other one can I have it , oh you 're digging your finger in it |
| 8 | so I 'm just looking for er a T-shirt or something for Lisa no you ca n't have the pen it 's too sharp yeah , you 're crafty you are are n't you , you can get zips open now mm |
| 9 | one for the character name and a extra one point or something for , if you can the other one yeah . |
| 10 | thirty six quid for this thirty six eighty four or something for the local paper . |
| 11 | Six hundred or something for a day no four hundred for a day . |
| 12 | pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there . |
| 13 | er a property or something for Toby because she 's got to invest the money in |
| 14 | And what about I bought some revision books and things study aids or something for Amanda for her English literature |
| 15 | There 's probably some disruption to the to the transmission or something for an . |
| 16 | So the other ones , the ones that need correcting , we 've got ta do a procedure or something for the team ? |
| 17 | The girls were wanting something done , partitioned off up the back or something for the draught coming under |
| 18 | And what about I bought some revision books and things study aids or something for Amanda for her English literature |
| 19 | to buy , to buy some pens or something for school , cos I need to get a pen anyway , so it wo n't be , you know |
| 20 | Professionals segregate according to expert criteria , but ‘ what is it to be human ? ’ sounds like a philosophical question — in which case it is also a political one — rather than something for experts to decide . |
| 21 | And something for the girls , ’ said Todger grudgingly . |
| 22 | In Airdrie open-air market , Mr Smith jostled among ample women shopping for cheap shell-suits and something for tea , cannily thickening his rather clipped Edinburgh accent before plunging into the adoring throng . |
| 23 | Stones in the bladder were a very common ailment in middle life , and something for which my first aid training had given me no preparation . |
| 24 | Saints coach Mike McClennan enthused : ‘ With McCracken and Connolly in the centres we 'll have something for the ladies and something for the opposition. ! |
| 25 | And something for dinner — ’ |
| 26 | This might help them to see his lack of social responsiveness as a symptom of his illness and something for which they should make allowances rather than as an unfriendly act or a personal slight on their company . |
| 27 | Yeah , but er , it says two hundred and something for the |
| 28 | Instead of now referring to the child as something for us to share , Sarah started saying it was hers . |
| 29 | Quoting extensively from a textbook in a PhD thesis , for example ( especially if you treat it as an authority rather than as something for critical comment ) is likely to give the wrong impression : that you are a beginner rather than an expert in your subject . |