Example sentences of "do for [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I heard he was missing , I did what he would have done for me in similar circumstances . |
| 2 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 3 | Their refusal to face the fact that many schools want to opt out of having their budgeting done for them by remote administrators . |
| 4 | In many cases some of the work has been done for you by previous scholars ; so , for example there is a book called Allusions in Ulysses ( which lists allusions made in James Joyce 's novel Ulysses ) . |
| 5 | Sure , he 's made some mistakes , but after everything he 's done for us in recent years he must be allowed the odd cock-up . |
| 6 | Law binds not because it says it does ( although it does say just that ) but because there are good reasons for accepting its claim to mandatoriness and these good reasons have to do with what law can do for us in certain situations of social opportunity , difficulty and peril . |
| 7 | I want you to get involved in sharing what I 'm doing for you with other folk . |