Example sentences of "[vb mod] do for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | though this must do for the time being . |
| 2 | The Pre-Raphaelites may do for the Victorians . |
| 3 | which is enough to do four little little pictures I thought I might do for the craft thing in September , erm you know our flower festival and erm in which case I 'd have had to purchase a few of your little thingies that 's pretty . |
| 4 | He had shown what a little flair might do for the army as a whole . |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll do for the man it is for . |
| 6 | I joining the company something like that and if they did when you do join a department that does it you have a great sense of belonging , because some of the things you 'll do for the training will be allocated to other members round a team , yeah , all this sort of stuff and it becomes very easy , takes a monkey off your back as it were , you do n't have to worry . |
| 7 | This 'll do for the numbers . |
| 8 | I said that the best thing he could do for the whites was to demonstrate to the blacks that they fully supported the widest possible franchise , and that if he did that he would emerge as a statesman , with a statesman 's view of his responsibilities . |
| 9 | Before the announcement , Baker had an unprecedented meeting on Feb. 14 , at a previously closed nuclear weapons development laboratory , Chelyabinsk-70 , with scientists there , who outlined suggestions for civilian work which they could do for the West . |
| 10 | All the Brownies were invited to go home and think about what the Pack could do for the fete and bring their ideas and suggestions along to the next Pack Meeting . |
| 11 | If so , there was nothing he could do for the moment . |
| 12 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |
| 13 | In the spring of 1956 both London and Washington decided that all they could do for the moment was to allow the Aswan offer to " wither on the vine " . |
| 14 | It has been known for many years that recycling used materials helps make great savings , but it was not until recently that it was realised how much good that it could do for the environment . |
| 15 | I think I 'll give you some homework that you could do for the week . |
| 16 | This is all you need do for the tax benefit of covenant giving to work . |
| 17 | Nothing but the best would do for the Count . |
| 18 | I did not hear the sailor 's words , but Lachlan forbade me to waken Hector , he said the morning would do for the news . |
| 19 | In a document which contained precious little about what he would do for the future of British agriculture , he had one crumb of comfort for the farmer . |
| 20 | The case of DEC is tantalising : either the Alpha will do for the company what the VAX 8600 — quickly supplanted by the VAX 8650 — did for it in the 1980s , and the vast installed base of VAX machines will be replaced by Alpha AXPs , giving the company three years of fantastic growth that propel it to $25,000m , or the desperately late Alpha and the new OpenVMS will turn out to have too many bugs and glitches to be trusted , in which case , DEC will be trotting off after IBM . |
| 21 | You had better get Fisher to plain [ sic ] a very thin teak board the size of the large books for protection , and a common book cover from the work room will do for the protection of the other side , spreading the four parts of the Synopsis over and sealing the whole in brown paper . |
| 22 | ‘ This operation in Latvia , ’ I found myself speaking in a whisper , ‘ what is it doing that these machines will do for the rest of Russia ? ’ |
| 23 | You just tip it carefully that will do for the time being and eat those first |
| 24 | Some might well say , ’ Ask not what Europe can do for the United Kingdom , but what the United Kingdom can do for Europe . ’ |
| 25 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 26 | Until fairly recently I do n't think people have understood the design process or what it can do for the success of their companies . |
| 27 | jaundiced , jaundiced activist shall I call myself I mean a point of view mentioned recognition of the River Authorities , I mean erm the latest pay awards I mean we have n't had too much to gloat about have we ? this , this is what the m this is what we can do for the members . |
| 28 | Right , so now we 've got round to what we can do for the casualty , let's have a look and see what the body 's trying to do here and then we 'll say how you 'll help them a bit more . |
| 29 | ‘ Anything else I can do for the moment ? ’ |
| 30 | It is important that the counsellor , observing the problems and deprivations within the group , does not fall into the trap of being more concerned with what he or she can do for the group than what the group can do for itself . |