Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] do for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and I think that it is a very useful exercise to discover which things you know fall below that break even point and which things are therefore if you like internally subsidized or which we do for one reason or another . |
| 2 | But it is extremely important to remember that the teaching of undergraduate students in the eighteen to twenty-one age group is only a part , that 's the one people usually evaluate universities , but it 's only a part of the job which we do for society . |
| 3 | This is what I do for a living and this is what I enjoy doing . |
| 4 | ‘ Have you any idea what I do for a living , Christine ? ’ |
| 5 | Ian , a 32-year-old salesman , says : ‘ I made a conscious decision to drink low-alcohol lager because entertaining , and therefore drinking , is what I do for a living . |
| 6 | " Plus , " said Lorne , " he 's jealous of what I do for Butch . " |
| 7 | You know it 's er it 's it 's a mystery force , and what I do for one in some way affects the million . |
| 8 | It 's what I do for a living . |
| 9 | Look , this is what I do for |
| 10 | I tell you what I do for jeans , I get them from car boot sales now ! |
| 11 | They all know what you do for a living . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Look , Clive , I do n't like what you do for a living , I do n't like the way you treat girls at parties , I do n't like your taste in shirts and I do n't like the way you look . |
| 13 | After all I promised my Auntie before she died [ Mr Cannon 's wife ] that I 'd take care of him … and he 's a sweet old man , he 's always grateful for what you do for him . ’ |
| 14 | Do for yourself what you do for others . |
| 15 | Social worth in our society is related to the workplace : you are valued by what you do for a job , not what or who you are as a person . |
| 16 | What you do for the first two years is you learn all the theory of being a doctor and you go and you have to between eight of you , learn all about a body you have one body between of you and you learn all about all the muscles and the nerves |
| 17 | It 's at the end of the day what you do for them . |
| 18 | People appreciate what you do for them so much more if you let them do it occasionally . |
| 19 | Like if you are married , and what you do for a living apart from this . |
| 20 | ‘ I was just wondering what you do for a living . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wonder what you do for a living ? ’ he asked thoughtfully . |
| 22 | You may feel inadequate at this point , because whatever you do for her will not seem to lift the cloud of her despair , but by being willing simply to be there and available in the background , accepting uncritically her inevitable mood-swings , and allowing her to talk , weep , or remain silent just as she wishes , you will be proving your concern for her ; and loving concern and the right to grieve in their own way is what the bereaved need most of all . |
| 23 | What we do for our owners . ’ |
| 24 | Generally what we do for the engineers that come in [ is ] , we put them up with a senior guy , to go on the system , and bring them up that way … . |
| 25 | These procedures should be manag you know part of management consultation , not part of the Dave writes it , if he like says , well that 's what we 'll do for B E S , and then , and then I 'm told , oh , that 's what we do for B E S , I tell staff , and that causes a great deal of unrest in staff . |
| 26 | It will make sure that everyone not only tells our customers what we do for them but also why we do it . |
| 27 | Now we have in the room here a tremendous amount of experience , of people who 've been in the industry , people who 've worked with this company for many , many years , and we 've also got people with us who have not been with us very long , and I 'd you to know we may have covered certain aspects of this on sales skills courses just to talk through what the point of the exercise is , I E what we do for a living . |
| 28 | We were thrilled by her generous gesture in this the Guild 's Centenary Year , not least because the story she tells so well shows that much of what we do for Christian Aid is in the best Guild tradition . |
| 29 | Whatever we do for Lent could be done for an intention or our families . |
| 30 | C. If you ask the people on a housing estate what they do for a living — what their occupations are — you probably will get answers like those in the drawing . |