Example sentences of "do [pers pn] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 2 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 3 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 4 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 5 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
| 6 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
| 7 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 8 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |