Example sentences of "done [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's done nothing for the box . |
| 2 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 4 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 5 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 6 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 7 | So , have you done it for the deadline ? |
| 8 | Just a day after Kevin , 33 , visited his JobCentre , she joked : ‘ People will make sarcastic comments like ‘ She 's done it for the £7 child benefit ’ . |
| 9 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 10 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 11 | She done it for the burial club money . |
| 12 | Presumably they 'd never done anyone for the job . |