Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] do for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might be surprised to find that it only means an increase in activity of fifteen percent of what you 're currently doing , to achieve something that 's in year three , that you 've got as year three , and you might think , ooh , that 's what I 'll do for year two . |
| 2 | Things I 'll do for people ! |
| 3 | Ex-presidential candidate Ross Perot told The Wall Street Journal he did n't mean he would take John Akers ' job when he told TV host Larry King that ‘ If there 's something I could do for IBM , well , I owe them that forever . ’ |
| 4 | This ‘ staff ’ he referred to was , of course , nothing more than the skeleton team of six kept on by Lord Darlington 's relatives to administer to the house up to and throughout the transactions ; and I regret to report that once the purchase had been completed , there was little I could do for Mr Farraday to prevent all but Mrs Clements leaving for other employment . |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Dalglish knows the job I can do for Blackburn — I presume it will be in midfield . ’ |
| 6 | Another , another thing you can do for Easter , another thing is , er you can go back to the old tradition of the pay sex |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Is there anything we can do for women who go past term ? |
| 9 | Though one of the best thing we can do for carers is enable t them to keep on with part-time work as long as possible . |
| 10 | and I mean really and honestly that not worth bothering to sew them up , they 'll do for work , but that 's all |
| 11 | He was saying that the gods had so far been unkind , that they might turn kind , but that what the gods did for him was secondary to what they might do for Niki , a remark that turned out to be prophetic . |
| 12 | There was n't much they could do for Martinho . |
| 13 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 14 | It was very well presented and that whilst Billy Connolly freely admitted he was not in fact a culture vulture , it was his enthusiasm that in a sense having his own that make the programme apparently a complete and utter joy and in a sense that 's what sponsorship should do , it should do for art , music , ballet and opera what Cousteau and Bellamy have done for the environment and Attenborough |
| 15 | Yes , I know it 's from last summer and it 's a bit too tailored for this season , but it 'll do for work . |
| 16 | It would do for excitement , since Edmund could not be there … . |
| 17 | it would do for caravan and erm at home you know |
| 18 | If we do n't get the last meadow itself it will do for bedding . |
| 19 | ‘ It will do for starters , ’ Yanto replied , and ordered two pints of half and half cider from the young pleasant-faced landlord . |
| 20 | Shrewsbury fans hoping that wo n't do what they hope he will do for England against San Marino next week , if he 's picked of course . |
| 21 | When he has shot and eaten his final prisoner , he begins to worry what he will do for food ; but fortunately a seaplane arrives at this point and rescues him . |
| 22 | But the time must be at hand to see if he can do for Scotland what he is doing for Celtic , and not simply because of injury to others . |
| 23 | ‘ He can do for Lazio what I did for Napoli , ’ said the dethroned Argentine superstar , still talking excitedly yesterday about Gazza 's wonder goal on Tuesday night . |