Example sentences of "[verb] n't do [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | This stupid Lee at the moment for his exam , he 's meant to have done it by Christmas and he has n't done it for C D T , and he , they had to just choose something erm to make that actually sort of works , so Lee could n't , I mean they did crane 's and things like that and he could n't , the thing he came up with and he 's teacher was a , a go erm , what was it Dave , a goalie stand in his goal |
2 | And whatever she did with her hair , it still , thought Henry , did n't do anything for her face — Maisie 's face was still there , round as a dinner plate . |
3 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
4 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
5 | It did n't do anything for the tenants of this city or did n't put any new proposals forward . |
6 | and they did n't do anything for me , so anyhow I 've started taking two , they have helped a bit |
7 | You see , and she did n't do anything for her birthday , the stupid cow . |
8 | And then , when he was about eighteen , reality of another kind intruded itself and he said aloud , ‘ I did n't do it for Alice , I did it for myself ’ , and thought how extraordinary it was that it had taken four years to discover that fact . |
9 | And they did n't do it for Germany . |
10 | They 've started recently , they d they did n't do it for years , we had n't been training anybody and that was unusual because when it was the big factory you were always bringing in the school leavers |
11 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |
12 | ‘ Well , I did n't do it for me ! ’ he exclaimed . |
13 | ‘ You did n't do it for me ! |
14 | , well I did n't , I did n't do it for her |
15 | I keep saying , You used to your children , but they do n't do nothing for you now , do n't they |
16 | Do n't do nothing for me . |
17 | I mean they do n't do nothing for nothing . |
18 | I 'm not particularly fond of the control layout , either ; all the pots in a row look a bit ‘ lumpy ’ and do n't do anything for the line of the body . |
19 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
20 | I 'm bilious and they do n't do anything for this |
21 | They do n't do anything for me at all . |
22 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
23 | I think I ought to keep the house clean , but I do n't do it for my husband — because quite honestly he does n't notice whether it 's clean or not . |
24 | I do n't do it for you . ’ |
25 | ‘ I do n't do it for any reason of self . ’ |
26 | It feels like whoring sometimes , only I do n't do it for myself , except once or twice to save my life . ’ |
27 | Right , but please do n't do it for at least three months . |
28 | She said when you came and I rang to confirm it all she said you 're very lucky because he agreed thirteen pounds and we do n't do it for under fifteen pounds now . |
29 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
30 | , well the job 's worth more than ninety quid , I said , I do n't do it for ninety quid ! |