Example sentences of "they [modal v] do [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | people think they ought to do something for you . |
| 2 | ‘ I do think they should do something for it . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They 'll do anything for us , ’ Don Mini said . |
| 4 | Unlike sometime TERRY STAUNTON birthday party backing band DODGY , ( they 'll do anything for publicity ) who have decided that life in London needs a bit of a boost , Dodgy-style , and are all set to re-open their ‘ Dodgy Club ’ . |
| 5 | but they , they wo n't , they took two days off last week and they sat indoors for two days , they 've got a love , you know there fantastic couple , really fantastic , they 'll do anything for you , but it 's like Dave , Dave 's always saying take up golf , go swimming |
| 6 | Try out the PA system on site ; do n't take the management 's word that they 'll do it for you . |
| 7 | ‘ I wonder how long they 'll do it for ? ’ |
| 8 | You see we 've got some gentlemen here , they 'll do it for you . |
| 9 | They might do something for us . " |
| 10 | Mind you , they could do nothing for Johanna , the love light of Benjamin 's life . |
| 11 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 12 | Even Samuel Montagu had said the purpose of the Crown Suppliers was to provide for departments more efficiently than they could do it for themselves or from any other source . |
| 13 | Er that was n't er on competition though , th that was er an Intercity job which Birmingham said they could do it for that figure . |
| 14 | They 'd done it for Adam and Christopher and they 'd do it for him . |
| 15 | It just makes you feel good because you kid yourself they 'd do it for free anyway . ’ |
| 16 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 17 | They 'd do anything for you within reason you know . |
| 18 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 19 | And so we 've got to desire to have our broken relationship with God restored , you see we need to receive what God offers in Christ , the fact that Christ died for our sins does not mean a thing to us until we say yes I accept it for me , I believe you died for me , I receive it , I 'm linked into it , you see your house can be , let me give you a very simple illustration , your house is linked up with er Eastern Electricity and there is so many er I du n no what , what the what it is , but there is the power there , the there are , there are kilo watts of power on tap in your home , but in the winter you 're cold , when it gets dark outside , it 's dark inside the cooker , the electric cooker does n't work , the fridge is not operating the food is going rotten , you ca n't watch a programme on television , why , because you have n't plugged into the source of the power , it 's as simple as that , you ca n't blame the Electricity Board , it 's not Eastern Electricity 's fault it 's your fault because all the plugs are out of the sockets and it does n't matter what the Electricity Board does short of blowing up your house , they can do nothing for you and it does n't matter what God has done in Christ until we as it were to also plug in , it does n't mean a thing to us , but the moment we link in , that 's the change , the lights come on , there 's , there 's heat there , the stove works , the , the radio , the television , the record player , they 're all operating , the freezer 's working , the situation has changed , we needs to receive what God offers us in Christ |
| 20 | Whereby erm we do n't end up actually doing the things for them , but we show them the way that they can do them for themselves . |
| 21 | I mean , it needs to perhaps perhaps they can do something for the first couple |
| 22 | You know that if they can do it for you , they will , and you know that when they 're on screen , they 'll do their damnedest to make it all work . |
| 23 | This is what pisses me off so often you know , things like the halls of residence and stuff are there to help the students and they do n't , they just try and rip them off for every cent they can do it for . |