Example sentences of "do for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’ |
| 2 | Patients were still taking omeprazole when they had the tests done for a second time . |
| 3 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
| 4 | At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time . |
| 5 | They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time . |
| 6 | Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time . |
| 7 | Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one |
| 8 | Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them . |
| 9 | Have n't done for a long time . |
| 10 | They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack . |
| 11 | A decision to leave what is to be done for a particular child … to the school is not itself , in my judgment , a determination of the special educational provision for the child … which would necessitate the making of a statement . |
| 12 | These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed . |
| 13 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 14 | The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , says everything possible is being done for a twenty eight year old man who 's spent thirteen months in an Indian jail . |
| 15 | The things you 'll do for a cheap holiday ! |
| 16 | This booklet tells you what you need to know and do for a healthy pregnancy , and the delivery of a healthy baby . |
| 17 | I 'm interested to see what it 's gon na do for a hot wax if you see what I mean ? |
| 18 | After staring at the two chaps with ‘ you 'll do for a light snack ’ eyes , the lion started to wander towards them . |
| 19 | But it would do for a comic sketch — ‘ |
| 20 | Well I thought if I get one this size , that will do for a few weeks rather than take some of them home and mess about better than there 's a big packet like a big one at home I 've just opened this morning so it 's |
| 21 | I 'll see that bugger tomorrow mornin' if I have to get up at five , an , I 'll tell him what I 've meant to do for a long time ; I 'll take the can along to the authorities . |
| 22 | She was much happier person because this this she 'd threatened to do for a long time . |
| 23 | And went on , ‘ When my mother died , ten years ago , my father did what he 'd wanted to do for a long time and moved into here , leaving me the palazzo . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's what I 've wanted to do for a long time , so long that I ca n't remember a time when the name Tony Radcliffe did n't send me into a violent rage ! ’ |
| 25 | Oldfield himself asked Branson to carry on as his manager , which Branson agreed to do for a new rate — Oldfield would pay him one barrel of beer a year . |
| 26 | Well I think she 's done all she needs to do for a little while . |
| 27 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 28 | The 5Os was a time when the hatred , fears and austerities of wartime Europe were still in recent collective memory , as were the two ounces of mildewy cheese that had to do for a whole week 's ration in those blackout , blitz and Mother Hubbard 's cupboard days of the previous decade . |
| 29 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 30 | They become quite unconscious of what they are doing for a few seconds , and yet insist that they want to carry on and learn to fly . |