Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] do for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 2 | ‘ Anything else I can do for the moment ? ’ |
| 3 | I joining the company something like that and if they did when you do join a department that does it you have a great sense of belonging , because some of the things you 'll do for the training will be allocated to other members round a team , yeah , all this sort of stuff and it becomes very easy , takes a monkey off your back as it were , you do n't have to worry . |
| 4 | I think I 'll give you some homework that you could do for the week . |
| 5 | This is all you need do for the tax benefit of covenant giving to work . |
| 6 | It is important that the counsellor , observing the problems and deprivations within the group , does not fall into the trap of being more concerned with what he or she can do for the group than what the group can do for itself . |
| 7 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 8 | Right , so now we 've got round to what we can do for the casualty , let's have a look and see what the body 's trying to do here and then we 'll say how you 'll help them a bit more . |
| 9 | jaundiced , jaundiced activist shall I call myself I mean a point of view mentioned recognition of the River Authorities , I mean erm the latest pay awards I mean we have n't had too much to gloat about have we ? this , this is what the m this is what we can do for the members . |
| 10 | Before the announcement , Baker had an unprecedented meeting on Feb. 14 , at a previously closed nuclear weapons development laboratory , Chelyabinsk-70 , with scientists there , who outlined suggestions for civilian work which they could do for the West . |
| 11 | In the spring of 1956 both London and Washington decided that all they could do for the moment was to allow the Aswan offer to " wither on the vine " . |
| 12 | ‘ It 'll do for the man it is for . |
| 13 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 14 | I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities . |
| 15 | If so , there was nothing he could do for the moment . |
| 16 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |
| 17 | In a document which contained precious little about what he would do for the future of British agriculture , he had one crumb of comfort for the farmer . |
| 18 | Until fairly recently I do n't think people have understood the design process or what it can do for the success of their companies . |