Example sentences of "do it for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 6 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 7 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
| 8 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 9 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 10 | That product there already either exists or we 're going to do it for the first time for an estate agent |
| 11 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |
| 12 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 13 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 14 | Two occupiers later the turbine is still doing its job and , I 'm sure , with proper maintenance it will continue doing it for the next century . |
| 15 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 16 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 17 | He said it 's my fault ; but I did it for the best . ’ |