Example sentences of "do [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do they do them for free ? |
| 2 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 3 | " I can do nothing for that boy . " |
| 4 | ‘ We can do nothing for Eastern Europe if we fail among ourselves in a few days ’ time to agree on economic and monetary union , social and environmental policies so that we can complete the European single market on time . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I can do nothing for these engines here , in this storm ! |
| 6 | And we 've done nothing for two years . ’ |
| 7 | If er someone 's taken it for a ride and dumped it near you then can you call Nottingham and it 's Dawn who wants her car back anything I can do you for three four three four three four is the number to ring . |
| 8 | And anything that I can do you for three four three four three four to ring . |
| 9 | ‘ They surely wo n't do you for this ? |
| 10 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 11 | And I hope you can do something for this little lad here . |
| 12 | And then when I gave you the minimum premium er it was like right okay well that 's , that 's the easy way out is n't it , twenty quid a month , okay I might do something for twenty quid because I was n't committed and that 's what exploration of needs is all about and it 's , it 's so easy for me to sit and say yeah that 's what you need to do but putting myself in your shoes , you know , a few years ago |
| 13 | And he said , ‘ Do you know , all my life I 've been looking for somebody who could do everything for three pounds a week . ’ |
| 14 | But I 'll have done something for four years . |
| 15 | She could be bluffing we do n't that do we for certain erm yes we have got one who will accept the salary yes we could take one from outside the field that 's why I wanted this deadline so if we do n't get the increase in salary by this date we can then start planning and take on board the second tier level |
| 16 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 17 | We have n't done it for two years . |
| 18 | And I 'm not working next year anyway cos I 've done it for two years on the run and I 'm not doing it next year . |
| 19 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 20 | I 've done it for all kinds of things , I mean , I , I cook vegetables in them in it and I warm up |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Each one of the TV companies would have done it for free and pooled the material . |
| 23 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 24 | So you see they were having a difference of opinion over that and he 's saying you should n't , you should 've left it all to me and she says I 've done it for last fifty year and , you know , all this . |
| 25 | He says I have done it for twenty eight years and it has n't had any effect . |
| 26 | I 've done it for seven years . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ( The French , being Socialist , have to train girls to cook , but being chauvinists , only let males do it for real . |
| 29 | But I mean if the Townswomen 's Guild can do it for cheaper why ca n't we ? |
| 30 | You have to be very patient , you wan na try and look at a situation where they might wan na do it for five , ten , 15 , 20 years . |