Example sentences of "i do [adj] for " in BNC.
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1 | I travelled all so all this , Jim that 's alive now I done that for two years . |
2 | See well , you could er I still went with the horse and cart down there on a Saturday , take the meat , still the same I done that for a year or two . |
3 | The youngest queen , Goiko 's wife , said , " Willingly will I do this for you , but what about my little boy , little Jovo ? |
4 | Other times I think , ‘ What am I doing this for , I could be sitting at home with my feet up . ’ |
5 | And so , if I do that for the army and then get them to do my degree as well . |
6 | But this time , I do this for you . |
7 | ‘ And if I do this for you ? ’ |
8 | I do this for a long time . |
9 | ’ I do this for selfish reasons . |
10 | ‘ I told you , I do this for la Principessa . |
11 | I did that for 18 months , leaving Safferys at seven and not getting home until midnight . |
12 | I did that for a year until the scheme finished . |
13 | And then you see the the council I did that for nineteen years . |
14 | Well now , although it was not much more of a job really than an errand boy 's , but as I did that for five and a half years I got to know the people at the pawnbrokers , the cycle agents I got to know them so well , I knew the staff , I got to know the people who were pawning clues and that regularly , I was getting more information every year . |
15 | I did that for the nose |
16 | I did that for your sister 's benefit . |
17 | I did that for A-level . |
18 | I did this for all the other women . ’ |
19 | ‘ I did this for you . |