Example sentences of "[pers pn] did [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard believes his playing at matches inspires the team and he said : ‘ I did it for a laugh at the first home game but now it 's taken off . |
| 2 | I told you I did it for a bet . ’ |
| 3 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |
| 4 | I had n't been out for a long time , so I did it for the relaxation , really ! ’ |
| 5 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |
| 6 | I did it for the girl , he protested . |
| 7 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 8 | I did it for the erm Ormskirk one |
| 9 | ‘ I did it for an introduction before the films came out in Europe , ’ he says . |
| 10 | We did it for a laugh . |
| 11 | The kind of friends she had were loyal by definition , and they liked her , in their eyes she was a woman who could do no wrong ( she was only separated , mind , not divorced ) , they were ready to do any thing for her and when she would not let them they did it for the girl . |
| 12 | But in the very next poem he says that he did it for a change of diet , a bout of ‘ physic ’ as it were , needed after over-indulgence : ‘ being full of your ne'er cloying sweetness , /To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding ’ ( 118 ) . |
| 13 | He did it for a laugh . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said . |