Example sentences of "[vb pp] [indef pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 You look at the skill you did n't know you had , put a label on it and think : ‘ Yes I do do that ’ , whereas when you first walk in you think you 've done nothing for the last 18 years .
2 The first was that , with the passage in 1832 of the Reform Bill came the full realisation that parliamentary reform had done nothing for the emergent working class , except to isolate it .
3 Brody , for example , has written something for the first issue . ’
4 Nothing on the exterior , however , prepared one for the stunning exhibition of color , texture , and mural art in the interior , features that constituted a major step in an architectural revolution that was most fully developed in the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago ( 1933–74 ) .
5 He 'd left the local school as early as his birthday would allow and had n't really done anything for the following year except watch his father die .
6 I do nt think he has done anything for the national game .
7 ‘ It 's disgusting , ’ contributed Mrs Harper from time to time , presenting her flat , mean , worthless little counter simply because she could not bear to remain silent , to sit back where others played , although she recognized herself temporarily outnumbered , ‘ disgusting , I call it , ’ and Shirley , hearing this phrase for the millionth time , had a vision of households all over Britain in which censorious , ignorant old bags like her mother-in-law , who had never done anything for the public good , who had nothing positive ever to contribute to any argument , passed judgement on others while stuffing themselves with goose and roast potatoes and sprouts and apple sauce .
8 ‘ Women say to me they have n't done anything for the last ten years and it turns out they have had four children , run the PTA , served as parent governor , done charity work , organised a community activity and cared for aged parents . ’
9 Every increase in the price expected will , as a rule , induce some people who would not otherwise have produced anything , to produce a-little ; and those , who have produced something for the lower price , will produce more for the higher price .
10 Erm then you know that would be something whereas if they say well the recession 's so bad we have n't taken anybody for the last five years and your researches ca n't unearth anybody who seems to be prepared to er give you even half a chance then I mean
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