Example sentences of "[pron] had do it for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
3 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
7 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |