Example sentences of "do [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 2 | In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process . |
| 3 | ‘ Do not work in a hurry … do nothing for nothing , and see that you get paid for everything . ’ |
| 4 | The widespread promotion of such asset liberating schemes would , of course , do nothing for those without a house to sell or realize the capital value of . |
| 5 | A sagging body and a grey face do nothing for your confidence . |
| 6 | do nothing for a fortnight of course . |
| 7 | In a decade , Clinton 's reforms may salvage the economy' short-term , they do nothing for the deficit . |
| 8 | This can only be good for the G M B and it would hopefully bring on board some , if not all of the doubting Thomases , that have said in the past that we do nothing for them . |
| 9 | And the long socks do nothing for my legs . |
| 10 | She does n't have a job , of course , so she does n't understand that things are different when you do them for a living . |
| 11 | If you took eggs there used to always be a lady there at dinner time what used to come round and ask you what you 'd got for dinner , and then if you 'd got eggs , she used to write your name on the eggs and do them for you . |
| 12 | do them for me ? |
| 13 | Th'can do summat for me and if th'does n't Samson shall know where th'lives . |
| 14 | ‘ What I mean is do you for instance know the three-times table ? ’ |
| 15 | But on actual safeguarding of assets , erm do you for instance with separate custodians , do you have any views about the custody of your schemes assets ? |
| 16 | The host workers do everything for their parasites , even the most terrible task of all . |
| 17 | I think he would like to do more for the band but we are completely stupid and like do everything for ourselves . |
| 18 | However I find that some of the people I think are good , who are , you know , efficient , go and do the job , encourage them ( the clients ) to do it themselves , are n't so well liked by families as some of those who are much softer and , you know , do everything for them . |
| 19 | In her shocked lethargy , she seemed content to let Valerie run around after her and do everything for her . |
| 20 | They have these computers , you touch the keys , they do everything for you . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Be a good chap ’ , he smiled , ‘ and do something for me ? ’ , |
| 22 | At the end of the day , the lads requested that we do something for them . |
| 23 | If you do something for what are really irrelevant reasons , you do it badly . |
| 24 | Do something for your customers today . |
| 25 | Let's see you actually do something for a change . . |
| 26 | It is characteristic of incongruity that there is no superordinate of either xenonym which can restore normality ( except , perhaps , at the highest level of generality , such as thing , or entity , for nouns , or do something for verbs ) . |
| 27 | Still thinking ; thinking about all the times I 've seen people I know do something for revenge , or do anything vindictive or sneaky or smart or even threaten to . |
| 28 | Would you like to do me some do something for me ? |
| 29 | Do they for a moment consider that most visitors to the like District want to feel surrounded by natives of the fells and not middle-class accents and protocol ? |
| 30 | ‘ If I do it for you , I 've got to do it for everyone … |