Example sentences of "[verb] do [pron] 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 | I 'm the sort of person who wants to do everything for the people I love and he is the sort of person who 's self-sufficient , or seems to be … = ’ she paused . |
| 3 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 5 | Not just for yourself , you 've got to do it for the rest . |
| 6 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 8 | They undertook to do it for the whole of the Caldmore area did they ? |
| 9 | Now , he wanted Terry to tell the US government to start doing something for the hostages . |
| 10 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 11 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 12 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 15 | It 's done nothing for the box . |
| 16 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 17 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |
| 18 | But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire . |