Example sentences of "[vb past] do [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another part of the emancipation legislation appeared to do more for the cause of local representation , but proved to create as many problems as it solved . |
| 2 | They had done so for the last forty-five years . |
| 3 | They had done so for the last forty-five years |
| 4 | He claimed later that he had done so for the reason that a few months earlier he had sold a stallion to Dunlop which had died within a few weeks and that his motive had been to recompense Dunlop for his loss . |
| 5 | After an hour of this , the pike left it alone and when it had done so for the fifth time , El-ahrairah swam across himself and went home . |
| 6 | The source says : ‘ She went on to say that she had done more for the Royal Family than any of its other members . |
| 7 | When the gravel was exposed , a stream of clean water flowed from it and continued to do so for the next 7 days . |
| 8 | She marched straight into Tony Richardson 's office in her summer dress and sandals , sorted out Walter 's money to her satisfaction , and continued to do so for The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Tom Jones , nine Merchant-Ivory films and more recently Ballad of the Sad Café , from Carson McCullers 's poignant novel . |