Example sentences of "[modal v] do [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 'll do him for the . |
| 2 | I 'll do it for a hundred and thirty quid no more ! |
| 3 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You know that I 'll do anything for the children . |
| 5 | She says she 'll do anything for the safety of the children . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll do 'em for a penny , if yer like , I got lots of spit . ’ |
| 7 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 8 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 9 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 10 | Side by side with Voltaire and Kant , with their admiration of constructive and public-spirited autocrats , were others such as Helvétius , Holbach , Diderot and Rousseau , who refused to believe that this form of rule , however ‘ enlightened ’ , could do anything for the liberation of the individual subject . |
| 11 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 12 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 13 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 14 | would do anything for the crack |
| 15 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 16 | The car would do it for a minute or two . |
| 17 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 18 | With its self-imposed end-of-June deadline for publishing a common desktop environment specification now just six weeks off , the Common Open Software Environment firms — Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Sun Microsystems Inc , Univel Inc and Unix System Laboratories Inc — are circulating ( internally ) a draft form of the ‘ Process Paper ’ which covers the scope of COSE and describes who will do what for the first of its promised offerings . |
| 19 | With its self-imposed end-of-June deadline for publishing a common desktop environment specification now just six weeks off , the Common Open Software Environment firms — Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Sun Microsystems Inc , Univel Inc and Unix System Labs — are circulating ( internally ) a draft form of the ‘ Process Paper ’ which covers the scope of COSE and describes who will do what for the first of its promised offerings . |
| 20 | sort of well a couple of nights deejaying will do me for a start really . |
| 21 | Both thorns are tolerant of pollution and are tough enough to grow in open , exposed seaside sites regularly raked over by salt-laden winds , although these of course will do nothing for the autumn display . |
| 22 | A party that will attempt nothing for the unemployed at home will do nothing for the poor and starving abroad . |
| 23 | Firstly , I have been in football management long enough to know that team changes at this late stage will do nothing for the confidence of existing players . |
| 24 | It is true that right at the end , in October 1097 , when Anselm was on the point of leaving England , Eadmer reports him as saying to the Canterbury monks : ‘ I go willingly , trusting in God 's mercy that my journey will do something for the liberty of the Church in future times . ’ |
| 25 | There are women who will do it for a glass of champagne ! |
| 26 | Stella will do anything for a man . |
| 27 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |
| 28 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 29 | It really is important to get your statement , but first we 've got to see if we can do anything for the poor devil down there . " |
| 30 | And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team . |