Example sentences of "[verb] do [pers pn] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches .
2 Not just for yourself , you 've got to do it for the rest .
3 ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’
4 They undertook to do it for the whole of the Caldmore area did they ?
5 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
6 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
7 The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration .
8 They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor .
9 But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire .
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