Example sentences of "do [pron] [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . |
| 2 | I think you need to go and do something else for a little while I said cos if you keep looking over thinking you ca n't do it , have a break and go back to it afterwards you just get really despondent |
| 3 | Did one yesterday for a man who was due to be executed today , erm , I do n't know whether he was or not , but he probably in a few days time . |
| 4 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |
| 5 | He had lost face , he had lost honour , yet now he flirted with the thought of murder , which was beyond all honour , and he did it solely for a woman . |