Example sentences of "[adv] do [adj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This behaviour undoubtedly enhances the survival of the transposon , but — as Crick , with Leslie Orgel , Ford Doolittle and Carmen Sapienza argued , it does n't necessarily do much for the bacterium in which the transposon is a passenger . |
| 2 | I wrote it down but I c I did only do that for the Christmas Fair . |
| 3 | There was some glow from the tiny window on the half-landing above and behind him , but not enough to do much for the hallway ; the sliver of light under his door was hard-edged , bright , unmistakeable . |
| 4 | The resonance of this fine building did not do much for the choir 's inaccurate diction , but made amends by enriching the gracious stone quality of the singing in Haydn 's Little Organ Mass and Faure 's Requiem . |
| 5 | Commenting on the compensation award , Mrs Taylor said : ‘ I was not doing this for the money . |
| 6 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 7 | But if you like , governments could do this for the non-teaching staff and not do that for the teaching staff . |
| 8 | Your mag promotes and encourages all this ; reading an analysis of Joe Satriani 's playing , for example , probably does little for the confidence of most readers ( I myself found it quite stretching at first ! ) . |
| 9 | The photograph did n't do much for the man . |
| 10 | Would n't do much for the value of the house , either . ’ |
| 11 | While Colonel Sanders 's fried poultry has n't done much for the state 's image and few of us get to attend the Kentucky Derby , America 's leading spirit is becoming increasingly fashionable in Britain . |