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 .
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