Example sentences of "had do it for " in BNC.

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1 It was imperative , as he knew , not to get embroiled in politics , and he had been utterly furious when it appeared that architect Rod Hackney had done it for him .
2 They 're proud of their DIY achievements , which they often find better — and a lot more satisfying — than if a professional had done it for them .
3 They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor .
4 In 1987 the role of Lord Mayor was taken by Richard Horner , a local butcher , who had done it for a few years .
5 In those early months he had wanted her to know the magnitude of what he had done and that he had done it for her .
6 The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration .
7 Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad .
8 I found out later Sonia had done it for her .
9 You could not call what Lugh had done gossip , because he had done it for their own good .
10 Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist .
11 Of course it was not certain either that Zoser had done it or that , if he had done it , he had done it for sectarian reasons .
12 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
13 But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’
14 Uncle Mosse had wanted to be dead there , and since he could n't achieve it for himself , his clothes had done it for him .
15 So I mean , not , were n't gon na give us it , but we had to do it for
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