Example sentences of "do [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | sort of well a couple of nights deejaying will do me for a start really . |
| 2 | I 'll go and do something for an hour . |
| 3 | In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years . |
| 4 | We done it for a laugh and because we were bored and it got out of hand . |
| 5 | We have n't done it for a while . |
| 6 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 7 | I 've done it for a number of smaller companies and charged a fortune for it |
| 8 | I would have done it for a young white guy if he was from my club and I realised that he did not have enough money to play the Tour . " |
| 9 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll do 'em for a penny , if yer like , I got lots of spit . ’ |
| 11 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |
| 12 | In order to teach potential students the value of laundry work you make them do it for a while . |
| 13 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 14 | And you can do it for a fraction of the price and without finding yourself on first-name-terms with your local AA recovery team . |
| 15 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 16 | There are women who will do it for a glass of champagne ! |
| 17 | The car would do it for a minute or two . |
| 18 | You can do it for a week . |
| 19 | I 'll do it for a hundred and thirty quid no more ! |
| 20 | have ever gone into nursing now because she said I would n't do it for a grant . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’ |
| 23 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 24 | Would n't we do anything for a loved one to take us in his or her arms ? |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't do anything for a while , not even put on a pair of trainers . |
| 26 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year because nothing was built , ’ she says . |
| 27 | Louis would do anything for a pretty girl . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We did n't do anything for a year to see what would come up , and we had constant , wonderful surprises . |
| 29 | Stella will do anything for a man . |
| 30 | JOHN Carroll will do anything for a quiet life , according to his young daughters . |