Example sentences of "[conj] i do for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , to go on justifying ends by further ends will involve me in an infinite regress unless I arrive at a terminus in something that I do for its own sake . |
| 2 | ‘ That I did for Mr Lambert , ’ but the rebuff was cancelled as he brushed her fingers using the back of his hand . |
| 3 | ‘ It is n't just long steady runs — in fact I did n't do any more plodding about before Twin Cities than I do for my 10,000m training . |
| 4 | So I went out to play like I do for Liverpool . ’ |
| 5 | Marje adds : ‘ If you live a double life of lies and deception as I did for years and years , you need to speak about it eventually . |
| 6 | In order to believe in the Devil we must rid ourselves of unhelpful images of him ( though we do not need to wax philosophical about him as I did for the doubting lady ! ) . |
| 7 | Precisely why he had been sent to Tonga — what special knowledge or circumstance — was never explained and , sitting as I did for many an evening on the veranda of the magnificent old Residency , watching the fireflies and listening to the surf booming on the reef , I was not too sorely tempted to enquire . |
| 8 | ‘ But I know I am not going to get as many goals as I do for England . |
| 9 | Working as I do for a technically based industry , I hope I may be forgiven for believing that almost anything can be achieved through technology , if we are dear enough about what is needed . |