Example sentences of "do [pron] [vb infin] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | John , how much do I owe you for the erm the lens ? |
2 | ‘ Then why did you ask me for a book on Reptiles ? ’ |
3 | What did you ask me for a fag for , then ? ’ |
4 | Did you ask him for a drink ? ’ |
5 | No , how about the men , do you do anything for the men ? |
6 | Do you take me for a fool , child ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Do you take me for a highwayman ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Do you take me for a fool , sir ? ’ |
9 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
10 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
11 | Did they charge you for the ? |
12 | Only when it became totally apparent that she would never reform and was bent on self-destruction for both of them did he leave her for the younger and more stable Lauren Bacall . |
13 | Did he take her for a fool ? |
14 | First , and obviously , does it do anything for the sufferer 's disease ? |