Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [verb] it for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He handed the paper to Hawkins , who studied it for a moment , then said : ‘ I know those places marked with an asterisk . |
| 2 | But yesterday Labour candidate Alan Milburn said : ‘ It was n't Darlington Council who imposed the poll tax on the town or who kept it for a year longer than necessary . |
| 3 | Fishing is also a sport , although the chaps who do it for a livelihood in trawlers are not included in the sporting fraternity . |
| 4 | But I have , I , I 've ever since I 've retired I 've run a performing dance group of men and women erm who do it for a hobby . |
| 5 | ‘ I sometimes wonder what it would be like if Stop The World had had a proper director , who did it for a living . |