Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told her that oiling was not our job and that management was always trying to make us do more work for the same pay . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps you would do well to rest for the night and journey on by daybreak , ’ said the Oak . |
| 3 | During his first twenty years at Finsbury , Meldola published more than 250 papers and reports , and during his presidency of the Institute of Chemistry he did much work for the development of all aspects of its activities . |
| 4 | It did not aim for the situation that we 've been discussing , where people are trying to get the information . |
| 5 | He refused an invitation from the EC 's energy authority to investigate the possibilities of translating electricity , generated within green plants , into a new source of fuel : he did not care for the clause giving the EC the right to suppress anything in the eventual reports . |
| 6 | So there were many , even among teachers , who , being university orientated , did not care for the Council . |
| 7 | Tyroglyphus , harmless to the vine but a deadly enemy of Phylloxera vastatrix , was imported in 1873 in an attempt to kill off the pest ; unfortunately , however , unlike phylloxera , Tyroglyphus did not care for the European climate and failed to settle . |
| 8 | The Judaism of the Pharisees and Scribes did not care for the lost . |
| 9 | Hazel did not care for the look of the trees . |
| 10 | She did not care for the serious young men who toured the Home Office and the Treasury with her . |
| 11 | He did not appear for the second-half of the match , which ended in a 1-1 draw , raising fears the knee had been badly damaged and that his career would again be threatened . |
| 12 | Since government did not pay for the expenses of witnesses , this cost also fell on the cattle owner . |
| 13 | At one level , June Braithwaite attacked Robert about the time he spent away from home and what he did and did not do for the children . |
| 14 | From the 19 patients with reflux oesophagitis , one subject did not arrive for the second measurement and dropped out . |
| 15 | La Carlotta did not sing for the first hour . |
| 16 | But relations between the youngsters and their adult minders did not change for the better . |
| 17 | So they gave excuses of shortage of time or involvement in other activities to explain why they did not register for the rural party cell . |
| 18 | He too listened closely to the arguments in the morning , but after a pub lunch with his staff , he did not return for the afternoon evidence . |
| 19 | At lunch-time it was noticed that the ‘ patient ’ had disappeared , and he did not return for the start of the afternoon session . |
| 20 | Ray Parlour , having been caught heavily by former Gunner Kevin Richardson , did not return for the second half . |
| 21 | I did not stand for the job ’ . |
| 22 | They could not afford to buy a horse , and although the richer peasants were more heavily taxed , this did not compensate for the wide difference in equipment , which was not taxed . |
| 23 | He had changed but not bathed , and the new slogan on his T-shirt , ‘ Maggie rules , OK ? ’ did not compensate for the stench of the great unwashed . |
| 24 | Sufficient funds did not exist for the fast rehabilitation of the railways , for the immediate implementation of mass education . |
| 25 | The difficulty is most apparent when discussing the Renaissance since by hypostatising science and art as two separate and separable activities Kemp is framing a problem that did not exist for the historical actors . |
| 26 | There the Revenue argued that , at the time the tax payers subscribed their shares , Newco did not exist for the purpose of carrying on a trade ; its only identifiable purpose was to acquire a business . |
| 27 | As to the three first designs it must be recollected that while the first prize for the Foreign Office was awarded to Messrs. Coe and Hofland , yet they did not compete for the War Office again , while in the opinion of Mr. Burn and that of the assessors , Messrs. Banks and Barry stood first in merit for the Foreign Office ; yet , according to the same opinion , they were unsuccessful for the War Office , while Mr. Scott stood second both for one and the other . |
| 28 | This is so stupid that you might wonder why the employers did not plump for the other alternative — until you come to look at it ! |
| 29 | Cross-examined by John Griffith Williams QC , about why he did not stop for the children , he said that he was concerned not to hit them and instinctively moved away into the fast lane . |
| 30 | Catholics , however , did not vote for the Unionist Party . |