Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Perhaps you would do well to rest for the night and journey on by daybreak , ’ said the Oak . |
| 2 | During his first twenty years at Finsbury , Meldola published more than 250 papers and reports , and during his presidency of the Institute of Chemistry he did much work for the development of all aspects of its activities . |
| 3 | It did not aim for the situation that we 've been discussing , where people are trying to get the information . |
| 4 | He refused an invitation from the EC 's energy authority to investigate the possibilities of translating electricity , generated within green plants , into a new source of fuel : he did not care for the clause giving the EC the right to suppress anything in the eventual reports . |
| 5 | So there were many , even among teachers , who , being university orientated , did not care for the Council . |
| 6 | Hazel did not care for the look of the trees . |
| 7 | He did not appear for the second-half of the match , which ended in a 1-1 draw , raising fears the knee had been badly damaged and that his career would again be threatened . |
| 8 | He too listened closely to the arguments in the morning , but after a pub lunch with his staff , he did not return for the afternoon evidence . |
| 9 | At lunch-time it was noticed that the ‘ patient ’ had disappeared , and he did not return for the start of the afternoon session . |
| 10 | I did not stand for the job ’ . |
| 11 | He had changed but not bathed , and the new slogan on his T-shirt , ‘ Maggie rules , OK ? ’ did not compensate for the stench of the great unwashed . |
| 12 | There the Revenue argued that , at the time the tax payers subscribed their shares , Newco did not exist for the purpose of carrying on a trade ; its only identifiable purpose was to acquire a business . |
| 13 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 14 | Much has been made of the traumatic aspect of being born , yet infants of all species have been born since bearing began and it would be surprising if natural processes did not allow for the experience . |
| 15 | Bouch 's bridge was made mainly of wrought iron and did not allow for the movement so essential in bridges of that type . |
| 16 | The Assembly elections of 1973 served as a guide to the Convention elections which was an advantage to the participants which they did not have for the Assembly elections themselves . |
| 17 | First , the memorial did not call for the dismissal of any women employed in Edinburgh at the time . |
| 18 | But it should be remembered that the memorial did not call for the dismissal of a single woman . |
| 19 | Gurney , probably wisely , did not apply for the post . |
| 20 | The 48-year-old New Zealander did not apply for the job in so many words , but it was well known in the British territory 's rugby circles that he was available , if asked . |
| 21 | ‘ I did not apply for the job but after I was asked to a meeting with the chairman , Jimmy Baxter , I was impressed by East Fife 's ambition , ’ said Totten . |
| 22 | ‘ I did not ask for the job — it was offered to me , ’ Taylor said . |
| 23 | I did not ask for the job , it was offered to me . |
| 24 | She did not look for the man . |
| 25 | It is reported that an Oxford don , was asked , in the 1914 war , why he did not volunteer for the defence of civilization . |
| 26 | The girls did not volunteer for the job . |
| 27 | Riche could not enforce the contract since the objects clause did not provide for the construction and running of railway systems , only for the manufacture of railway equipment . |
| 28 | ‘ And you did not come for the horse trekking . ’ |
| 29 | London Transport did not wait for the delivery of the RM class buses and used the existing RT type for several years . |
| 30 | Thereafter , I did not wait for the reappearance of the symptoms , but treated the tank every five to six weeks . |