Example sentences of "done a [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 2 | ‘ She 's inundated with work over there she 's just done a 13-part sitcom for CBS , for example . ’ |
| 3 | Anne , the Pixie Second , often ran errands for her , and at one time or another most of the Brownies in the Pack had done a good turn for the little old lady . |
| 4 | ‘ Why does n't her nephew send her the money for the fare ? ’ asked Mary , one of the Sprites , who had often done a good turn for Miss Miggs . |
| 5 | Coun Jones said the team had done a good job for the whole community . |
| 6 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 7 | I would like to state that CAMRA has done a great deal for beer drinkers throughout the country . |
| 8 | This has done a great deal for the world . ’ |
| 9 | This union has done a great deal for equality . |
| 10 | And I agree , the Government claims it 's done a great deal for the environment . |
| 11 | The Centre for the Unemployed has done a great deal for us . |
| 12 | By the judicious application of support in the areas where it could be most effective , government has done a great deal for the industry . |
| 13 | ‘ The students have done a marvellous job for us . |
| 14 | I 'm sure you 've done a super interview for me . |
| 15 | Also , on the basis of an outline and ‘ three or four ’ chapters of a first novel , she has done a five-figure deal for two books by Juliette Mead , a woman in her early 30s who works in the cit . |
| 16 | That 's right , he 's gone to near neighbours , Buckingham erm we wish him all the best there , he 's done a fine job for us over two years . |
| 17 | Rob has just done a green audit for the district council . |
| 18 | He 's done a big bucketful for me ! ’ |
| 19 | I done a little job for Tony here . |
| 20 | As the walkabout progressed a middle-aged woman told Mr Baker : ‘ The Conservatives have done a wonderful job for this country ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You , my boy , have done a wonderful thing for us and in return we wish to do something for you . |
| 22 | Having done a fair job for the Lib Dems , perhaps he could now go and help the Tories . |