Example sentences of "he [vb past] do [pron] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He had to do something for her . |
| 2 | In those early months he had wanted her to know the magnitude of what he had done and that he had done it for her . |
| 3 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 4 | You could not call what Lugh had done gossip , because he had done it for their own good . |
| 5 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 6 | Of course it was not certain either that Zoser had done it or that , if he had done it , he had done it for sectarian reasons . |
| 7 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 8 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 9 | Steve had done several pieces for solo instruments with tape , and he decided he wanted to do one for guitar . |
| 10 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |