Example sentences of "what you [verb] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm cos I I , well I did n't know what you had planned for tomorrow afternoon though . |
| 2 | It asks you what you 've got to do for , it tells you what you 've to do for your test and it tells you what you should and what you should n't do , it 's only forty one pages so if you want to read it you can have it , it 's quite good , it 's not full pages either it 's like drawings and just bits of paragraphs . |
| 3 | Come now , let us all see what you 've done for us , then you must celebrate with a glass of champagne , must n't she Charles ? ’ |
| 4 | I 'll tell him who you are , and what you 've done for Russian art , etc . |
| 5 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't think I 'm not grateful for what you 've done for Mum and the boys , ’ she said , aware that her gratitude sounded stiff and forced . |
| 7 | ‘ What you 've done for me I 'll never forget . |
| 8 | yes , and look what you 've done for yourself now |
| 9 | And then she goes mad she says I do n't want them to and I said look Nance if they did n't want to do it they and I said do n't forget what you 've done for them . |
| 10 | ‘ I reckon , with what you 've asked for , there wo n't be much change out of four hundred . ’ |
| 11 | Except what you 've bought for me . |
| 12 | But we also want to put government at your service , giving you what you 've paid for — good public services , responsible to you . |
| 13 | Do n't pay any money without a receipt stating explicitly what you 've paid for . |
| 14 | Certainly modern usage would suggest the name going before the mountains would n't it , and that 's what you 've opted for , and the the July one , I really do n't know about . |
| 15 | ‘ So , now that you 're here , you 'd better tell me what you 've come for . ’ |
| 16 | That 's what you 've come for most of you you see . |
| 17 | I do n't want you to think , Caroline that we are acquitting you rapidly , I will try to acquit you rapidly , but I am also delivering what you 've come for . |
| 18 | Erlich said , ‘ I 'd rather know what you 've got for me . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm dying to see what you 've got for me tonight ! ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know what you 've got for your dinner . |
| 21 | Right tell us what you 've got for your lunch son . |
| 22 | That 's what you get paid for , is n't it ? |
| 23 | ‘ That 's what you get married for , ’ Lowe says , sighing . |
| 24 | YOU only had to walk into the members ' lobby of the Commons yesterday to know what you 'd suspected for days . |
| 25 | Well , we did n't know what you 'd planned for tomorrow ! |
| 26 | If you took eggs there used to always be a lady there at dinner time what used to come round and ask you what you 'd got for dinner , and then if you 'd got eggs , she used to write your name on the eggs and do them for you . |
| 27 | Discuss with your helpers what you wish to programme for , listening for any comments or suggestions . |
| 28 | On the one side , the callers : individuals who have been deluded into believing that the prime function of a national government is to look after them and who therefore itemise their personal miseries in public ( unemployed , house repossessed , eldest son unable to claim benefit , one leg ) before asking the politician : ‘ What I want to know is , what you going to do for me ? ’ — for all the world as though asking a pretty sharp question . |
| 29 | However or is that a damn crying shame however or is that a damn crying shame terrible you know what you need to do for now then , now I 've won all |
| 30 | Erm one of the best known commentators on the American president , a man called Richard Newstat er who 's occasionally known as Mr Williams because he 's married to er Shirley Williams a clapped-out Social Democratic politician of er yesteryear , erm Richard Newstat once said , well once said many things but er on this particular occasion said that er if you want to know what presidential power is , it is simply the power to persuade and that er when you look for er an American president what you need to look for er is not somebody who is clear minded , far sighted and so on but you need somebody who has the capacity the skill , the talent , to persuade other people to do what he wants them to do . |