Example sentences of "[vb past] do [pron] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | They undertook to do it for the whole of the Caldmore area did they ? |
2 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
3 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |