Example sentences of "do anything for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die . |
| 2 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce . |
| 4 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |
| 5 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 6 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |
| 7 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |
| 8 | ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons . |
| 9 | Nobody could believe that the Government do anything for the British coal industry because they are absent from the debate and have not done anything to help our plight . |