Example sentences of "be do for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person . |
| 2 | While preparing an early draft of the present chapter , the writer heard Bishop Cathal Daly of Down and Connor , a leading moderate among the bishops , respected by all except PIRA , repeat the adage that the Irish constitution was secular , implying that there really was little to be done for the moment . |
| 3 | Side leg exercises can be done to work the outer thigh area , and a wide variety of scissor-type exercises can be done for the hips and lower stomach areas , ( More advanced stomach exercises can be carried out using weights if desired . ) |
| 4 | He started to see that in his opinion more could be done for humanity by Churches than by political parties , even the best of political parties such as he took the Liberal Party to be ; or at least that the Churches engaged at a more profound level with the predicament of humanity . |
| 5 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
| 6 | Something similar might be done for energy , if higher taxes remain off-limits . |
| 7 | All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects . |
| 8 | The classic instance concerns a Swedish hoard of the eighteenth century from Lohe , the examination of which led to the establishment of the principle ( fig. 28 ) , but much the same can be done for other well-documented periods such as seventeenth-century England . |
| 9 | Everything would be done for party interests — and nothing for the nation . |
| 10 | There are hundreds of things to be done for tomorrow . ’ |
| 11 | A decision to leave what is to be done for a particular child … to the school is not itself , in my judgment , a determination of the special educational provision for the child … which would necessitate the making of a statement . |
| 12 | Contained in the DNA are ‘ library rules ’ dictating what has to be done for the instructions for a particular protein to be taken out and ‘ read ’ . |
| 13 | This may be done for a variety of reasons including someone 's anxiety that the original figures were just too unlikely to be reliable . |
| 14 | Do not try to help by lifting your head for instance ; when your head needs to be turned to one side in order to massage a part of your neck , let the turning be done for you . |
| 15 | They show that little can be done for , which is not done with the people . |
| 16 | What was to be done for Liselotte , who showed signs of severe mental stress from the age of five ? |
| 17 | ‘ Then we 'd be done for . |
| 18 | I 'll not have my servants smelling like a cesspit , but there 's naught to be done for the present . ’ |
| 19 | I tell you this : if anyone says to this mountain , ‘ Be lifted from your place and hurled into the sea , ’ and has no inward doubts , but believes that what he says is happening , it will be done for him ’ ( Mark 11:23 ) . |
| 20 | Sometimes this means taking a very definite stand on certain issues , but it has to be done for both your sakes . |
| 21 | At least I ca n't be done for being drunk in charge of a setter . ’ |
| 22 | The inhabitants were on the upper floors calling for help but , before anything could be done for them , the houses disintegrated and the people were all lost in the flood . |
| 23 | Because of the division of labour , work soon became the perpetual repetition of a simple task , or the minding of a machine ; such work often had to be done for fourteen hours a day , six days a week , and there were no special provisions for the women and very young children who were considered especially suitable for work in the textile industries . |
| 24 | I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for . |
| 25 | In early April 1946 U Sein Ywet and I did a seven-days tour in the Delta in which we visited two towns and ten villages , listening to government officers , elders , headmen , and representatives from nearly a hundred villages , which convinced me that much more needed to be done for the towns and villages outside Rangoon . |
| 26 | ‘ Ca n't anything be done for her deafness , at least ? ’ |
| 27 | If the Pharisees and Scribes thought themselves to be so perfect that they were not aware of their own sin then little could be done for them . |
| 28 | Fire sub-officer Paul , 33 , knew nothing could be done for the car couple , but he realised the lorryman had not got out . |
| 29 | For some reason many professionals believe that they must do all they have time to do for people with problems , though without thinking through their view that this is ‘ good ’ professional practice : it tends to be done for its own sake . |
| 30 | Nothing can be done for them now . |