Example sentences of "could do [pers pn] for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 ! |
2 | You could do it for me ! |
3 | I told them that at one we 'd be going away on another job cos we 'd got another job booked in , but in fact I reorganized everything so that in fact we could do it for them . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Any fool can buy a blue-chip index ; Aunt Agatha could do it for herself , if she had the money and a stockbroker . |
6 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |