Example sentences of "did [noun] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A neighbour who often did shopping for the Lennons had left the semi-detached in Heyford Road , Marsh Green , on the outskirts of Wigan , only a few minutes earlier . |
| 2 | Yes er that 's been the essence of what I 've wanted is er I 've , I 've had to have what I 've wanted by hook or by crook , and I do n't mean crook in a bad sense , I mean one way or another , you know what I mean and er I did job for the casters , same as they did jobs for me , you know and that 's how I 've gone through life , that is Michael . |
| 3 | Nor did Catholics for the most part wish to be so insulated . |
| 4 | Zinc , he had been told , did wonders for the older man . |
| 5 | ( No one believes that last year 's award did wonders for the sales of New Scientist — how many of our readers even know about the awards ? ) |
| 6 | With a record Johns price of $17.7 million , Si also did wonders for the book value of other works by the artist , already gracing his walls . |
| 7 | He had the great gift of making you feel confident in your own ability to do things , and I know he did wonders for the West Riding children . |
| 8 | Trite though it was , Jean-Jacques Annaud 's version of Umberto Eco 's bestselling novel did wonders for the selling of young Christian . |
| 9 | There , on 25 February 1173 , before them all , Count Raymond knelt and did homage for the county of Toulouse , first to Henry II , then to his eldest son Henry , and finally to Richard . |
| 10 | Valmontone — the castle with its lands , the palace and houses — was purchased in 1207 and ten days later Manases did homage for the fief to the papal chamberlain , Stephen of Fossanova . |