Sentence examples for earning something for from inspiring English sources

They've got to learn the value of doing something and earning something for themselves.

"Soon that boy will have to leave school and go to work to earn something for home," he whispered.

Danny Turock was selected most valuable player, Andrew Petersen was given the "Big Stick" award but Dale Legaspi should have earned something for putting the 25th annual Bernie Milligan All-Star baseball game out of its misery.

And while Surrey's Conservatives are earning something of a reputation for speaking truth to power, if anything is going to prise open the Treasury's cash box for social care it is pressure from within the ranks of the governing party.

The prime minister has earned something of a reputation for grand gestures and promises with little follow-through.

The commissioner has earned something of a reputation for being a hanging judge in his disciplinary dealings with black players such as Michael Vick and Adam "Pac-Man" Jones.

Cook added this: The commissioner has earned something of a reputation for being a hanging judge in his disciplinary dealings with black players such as Michael Vick and Adam "Pac-Man" Jones.

In December 2011 the High Court threw the case out, finding that Australian officials had colluded in Mr Moti's illegal deportation.Australia's relations with the Pacific Island states have improved since the mid-2000s, a time when the government of John Howard, the prime minister, earned something of a reputation for diplomatic fiascos involving island leaders.

The 28-year-old missed a golden opportunity when the two went head-to-head in Rome at the start of the season, Powell missing out on the win by 0.01sec, and over the years the former world record holder has earned something of a reputation for bottling it on the big occasions.

They've earned something of a reputation for being buzzy little floating boxes of annoyance and privacy invasion, and the hordes of people unwrapping them this week and subsequently crashing them into the nearest tree/power line/neighbor's house probably won't help.

He said that's because existing tools for measuring sentiment have earned something of a bad reputation.