Example sentences of "do [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 2 | do nothing for a fortnight of course . |
| 3 | In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process . |
| 4 | In a decade , Clinton 's reforms may salvage the economy' short-term , they do nothing for the deficit . |
| 5 | She does n't have a job , of course , so she does n't understand that things are different when you do them for a living . |
| 6 | Let's see you actually do something for a change . . |
| 7 | Do they for a moment consider that most visitors to the like District want to feel surrounded by natives of the fells and not middle-class accents and protocol ? |
| 8 | Then when you 've all found a good combination , you do it for a while , then you turn on the tape machine … |
| 9 | Jon sees the key to it all as simply getting out and having a good time : ‘ I just do it for a laugh , basically . |
| 10 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 11 | Fishing is also a sport , although the chaps who do it for a livelihood in trawlers are not included in the sporting fraternity . |
| 12 | But I have , I , I 've ever since I 've retired I 've run a performing dance group of men and women erm who do it for a hobby . |
| 13 | in the canteen but I ca ca n't take that into the factory Only do it for a week , you 've spilt that , Helen ! |
| 14 | Yes , every now and then the temptation to do something sort of very cool and very sort of ten point Univers and you do it for a bit , and you 've done it and then you use some proper faces instead . |
| 15 | I do it for the thrill of winning something , like in Barcelona . |
| 16 | I do it for the kids . |
| 17 | I do it for the love of music but I got to survive . |
| 18 | That said , one senses the ‘ do it for the boss ’ aspect will not be over-played today . |
| 19 | And sis he do it for the whole of the island or just the was did the sort of parish have their own chap ? |
| 20 | Well he , he asked the nurse and the nurse said obviously said we do n't care for anything like , we do it for the good of you . |
| 21 | I know you do it for the good of us but I still like to buy you something as a thank you . |
| 22 | Oh when I do it for the week I 'm gon na get a twenty five pound voucher for Marks and Spencers . |
| 23 | Sell all , retire to an obscure lodging and do anything for a living ? |
| 24 | ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons . |
| 25 | Nobody could believe that the Government do anything for the British coal industry because they are absent from the debate and have not done anything to help our plight . |
| 26 | It does have some impact I 'm sure that you 've been the training session and you thought it 's really good , really got a lot out of it and you 're quite surprised to see someone sitting next to you did n't like that much at all , you thought hmm wonder why that is because I found the content really interesting and it could have been the content matter did n't really sort of do anything for the people , it could have been the way it was put together , put over and the way it was actually structured . |