Example sentences of "have [verb] do for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | After training as an actress , she taught herself to paint , which she has continued to do for the past thirty years . |
2 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
3 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
4 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
5 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
6 | Conservatives have decided to do for the freedom fighters what the American left of the '30s did for the Communists in Spain . |