Example sentences of "do for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her ’ |
| 2 | Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her . |
| 3 | Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party . |
| 4 | Since the Minister is so concerned about the gold belonging to the Baltic states , will he see justice done for the poorest country in Europe , Albania , whose gold is in the Bank of England and was stolen from that country four decades ago ? |
| 5 | ’ It might have revived her career , as it certainly would have done for the 42-year-old Doris Day . |
| 6 | Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision . |
| 7 | As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’ |
| 8 | That I 've done for the first time in my life something original . |
| 9 | Probably by saying that he only supplied what custom dictated as appropriate to the social status of the deceased , and that everything was done for the complete satisfaction of his client . |
| 10 | In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person . |
| 11 | I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well … |
| 12 | One of their spokesmen warned in January 1933 : Unless something is done for the American farmer , we will have revolution in the countryside within less than twelve months . |
| 13 | Diana warmed to her theme as the letter , written on Kensington Palace notepaper , continued with her favourite lament — the work she had done for the Royal Family . |
| 14 | She consulted her own solicitor , and wrote back to Prince Philip in the same angry terms , stressing the work she had done for the Royal Family . |
| 15 | It shook me up the way the split was done for the 1990 US Open . |
| 16 | But because he was n't , I worked as hard as I could until dark , about night time , to get them done for the next day . |
| 17 | Got the shopping done for the next fortnight . |
| 18 | Salsburg says this was never done for the NCI test , which throws doubt on the high percentage of compounds found to cause cancer . |
| 19 | Gabriel went back and told God what he had done for the three brothers . |
| 20 | Nothing guarantees that the Americans and Russians will go on supplying it as they have done for the past couple of years . |
| 21 | Yeah she had it , she was just going into theatre at the end of the programme , she was having it done for the fourth time |
| 22 | Erm but that 's if you just progr project forward where we are cos we used up in , in three months what we should have done for the whole year so you 've only got ta do that , so we 've done a hundred thousand pounds this first quarter and if you 've four more , three more quarters there 's another three hundred thousand pounds over budget . |
| 23 | The ANDF installer for Sparc produced by Praxis Systems Plc ( UX No 389 ) , was not done for the Open Software Foundation but for the DRA , which owns it . |
| 24 | And then , perhaps far back in the dim Permian Age , sufficient harm might be done for the further development of life forms to cease . |
| 25 | A 1987 book on the four major championships , done for the British market , had as its winners Larry Mize , Scott Simpson , Nick Faldo and Larry Nelson — three bores out of four . |
| 26 | WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise . |
| 27 | I should like to take this opportunity to emphasise that the work on the Iraqi material is being done for the United Nations and the IAEA . |
| 28 | And then , finally , look at what Equity can do for the successful plaintiff — the ‘ remedy ’ , the ‘ relief ’ which it can give him . |
| 29 | The great Labour party — which brought together militants , because it thought that they knew what they could do for the working people of this country — is scornfully setting democracy aside . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , of course , anything I can do for the poor girl — ’ she began . |