Example sentences of "do [pron] [adj] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll do my best for the gentleman . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Whether you scold me or thank me , I 'll always do my best for the family at all times . |
| 3 | ‘ I just hope whoever wins will do their best for the country . ’ |
| 4 | Then the judge must do his best for the community as a whole , frankly and honestly , not pretending to " discover " some law beneath the surface of statutes or precedents that only he can see . |
| 5 | Hopefully by the end of the morning , we 'll do our best for the end of the morning . |
| 6 | There was no kind of animosity at all because we are still friends with him but it was just that his presence did n't do anything dramatic for the group creatively so we asked him to go . ’ |
| 7 | Instead of promoting a situation in which everyone is itching to do something positive for the good of the Tour , we merely ended up with a handful of players who did nothing but complain . ’ |
| 8 | It is a sad reflection on the present state of constitutional monarchy in this country that one so driven to do his best for the good of mankind , as he sees it , should think , indeed know , that he can not do so as king . |
| 9 | If you believe your company manufactures the best food products , then you are more likely to do your best for the company . |
| 10 | ‘ For pity 's sake just sit there and try not to do anything silly for the time it takes me to fill two bowls with cawl . ’ |
| 11 | Doing their best for the glory of Canada , the whole field of eleven swept round the bend and went down the far side as if welded together , and it still seemed when they turned for home that that was how they might finish , in a knot . |
| 12 | The LCD had been doing its best for the South Eastern Circuit . |
| 13 | Any irritation Tolkien felt at this appropriation of his own imaginative world did not prevent him from doing his best for the book . |
| 14 | In this letter , he briefly recorded Rufus 's harassments of the lands and knights of Canterbury , his overturning of all good customs , and the absolute impossibility which he himself had found of doing anything useful for the Church , concluding with this plea : |