Example sentences of "be [verb] do [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been wanting to do it for years . ’ |
| 2 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 3 | Just for once , I 'm going to do something for me . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've had enough X-rays for a while , so I 'm going to do nothing for the moment . |
| 5 | Then , hoping he could remember enough of the ancient language of chivalry and selecting his words with extreme care , he said , ‘ Good Trees , we ask your assistance , ’ and saw the Elms nod to one another meaningfully , as if they had been expecting all along to be asked to do something for the Humans . |
| 6 | All the women we spoke to agreed that it 's up to the families themselves to fight for their rights and recognition — sadly no one else is going to do it for them . |
| 7 | And if you do n't , not prepared to promote yourself , then nobody else is going to do it for you , and this is an ideal way of doing it , at , at fairly minimal cost . |
| 8 | Well , he 's going to do something for the programme and I 'm doing something for TSB . |
| 9 | Is n't this an indication that the government is trying to do something for training in this country ? |
| 10 | Now she is determined to do something for herself . ’ |
| 11 | But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire . |
| 12 | I 'd been meaning to do it for days and I keep asking myself whether it was my fault her killer got in . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The salesman was there four hours , he knew what he was doing , what the job involved and how much he was offering to do it for . ’ |