Example sentences of "something for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do something for what are really irrelevant reasons , you do it badly . |
| 2 | Actually , I believe that the marriage rule applies only to women , which says something for what marriage is supposed to do for them , but on that sunny Tuesday afternoon neither of the disqualifying conditions applied to me . |
| 3 | So employers , in my experience , even to the day I left , always owe the workman something for what he 's done |
| 4 | Recently I heard she feels a lot better doing something for her country . |
| 5 | Two people replied — a man who offered to take it away for a fiver and Mrs Morrison , who dropped in for a quick look and said she wanted something for her playroom . |
| 6 | She felt too unwell to pursue the point any longer , and , besides , maybe the doctor could give her something for her migraine . |
| 7 | Here she was with an opportunity to do something for her mother , something she had always dreamed of doing , and she would have to refuse . |
| 8 | Her joints are still very painful , but she 's trying to knit something for her husband 's birthday in three weeks . |
| 9 | He did come to her last Friday , he gave her something for her mouth , you know her |
| 10 | The young nurse , whose feet ached something cruel and who was desperate to snatch a cup of tea before somebody else asked her to do something for them , looked them up and down . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I could do something for them , ’ she said , and the concern in her voice was now innocent of duplicity . |
| 12 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 13 | It is the firm belief that he can do something for them through Jesus . |
| 14 | When a person has faith that Jesus can do something for them , then all things are possible . |
| 15 | My winning has done something for them as well as me . |
| 16 | But before he could think of engaging skilled workers , Mendoros had to have something for them do — beyond sending out a few spare parts . |
| 17 | Generally he seems to have dealt with those who came to him with requests by saying that he would do something for them , and then repeating this promise whenever he had to , postponing action for as long as possible . |
| 18 | She showed the dresses to Philip , who laughed at them , but when she said she would get something for them , quite a lot , shrugged , unwillingly respectful . |
| 19 | There has to be something for them to think about . |
| 20 | Having a spill gives them a thrill , and it 's something for them to talk about afterwards . ’ |
| 21 | And the Bishop married me there and the vicar and er quite a lot of people had come there from all over like because I was being marrying in the Welsh church you see , I did n't have a lot of And the Bishop married me , that was something for them to come . |
| 22 | I was glad to be able to say that we had something for them in return — we were bringing a distinguished visitor in the person of George Turner , a Llangollen stationmaster in BR days , before the line was closed . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll dream up something for them later . |
| 24 | I , I would like to think they 'd been supported the same as the boxing club , but after all the boxing club is for youths , and I think they 've got to look after the youths erm , try and find something for them to do , as much as erm , community |
| 25 | They 're they 're the eyes and ears of their boss and they have to report any political pressure so we have to find something for them to report basically . |
| 26 | Spare something for them ! |
| 27 | Now do you want me to give you something for them ? |
| 28 | But I think the parents should take something for them to do , I mean we used to take colouring books and books for the children to look at and |
| 29 | We 'd gone back for something for them to do something to it , it is the Metropolitan . |
| 30 | Ah I do n't know if Russell 's going , I mean that 's something for them to sort out upstairs . |