Example sentences of "do [pron] for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 2 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 3 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |
| 4 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 5 | We train to do something for a particular purpose , to develop the performance of specific tasks or skills . |
| 6 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 7 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
| 8 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 9 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 10 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 11 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |
| 12 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |
| 13 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |