Example sentences of "[verb] do [pron] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 2 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 3 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 4 | We train to do something for a particular purpose , to develop the performance of specific tasks or skills . |
| 5 | But you 'd to me you do n't you do n't turn to stealing to do it for a one off . |
| 6 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 7 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 8 | You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years . |
| 9 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 10 | The first was that , with the passage in 1832 of the Reform Bill came the full realisation that parliamentary reform had done nothing for the emergent working class , except to isolate it . |
| 11 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 12 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 13 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 14 | Two occupiers later the turbine is still doing its job and , I 'm sure , with proper maintenance it will continue doing it for the next century . |
| 15 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |