Example sentences of "have do [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’ |
| 2 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 3 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 4 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 5 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 6 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 7 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've done it for a number of smaller companies and charged a fortune for it |
| 11 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 14 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 15 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 16 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 17 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 18 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 19 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 20 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 21 | It 's done nothing for the box . |
| 22 | ‘ We all have to do something for the good of our country . ’ |