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 | 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 . |
| 4 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 5 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
| 6 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 7 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 8 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |