Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] do [pron] for the " in BNC.

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1 I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others .
2 Presumably they 'd never done anyone for the job .
3 It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward .
4 You certainly did n't do it for the money .
5 ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce .
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