Example sentences of "do it for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
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 have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
4 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
5 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
6 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
7 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
8 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
9 | Two occupiers later the turbine is still doing its job and , I 'm sure , with proper maintenance it will continue doing it for the next century . |
10 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
11 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |