Example sentences of "did [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such prodigies were invariably pupils of the three most prominent schools of the area — Queen 's , Dale and Selborne — whose monumental inter-school rivalries were temporarily suspended when their products did service for the province . |
| 2 | But I did make for the baize door a little more quickly than on my way in , and in the semi-darkness stumbled over one of the wellingtons , kicking it half-way across the floor . |
| 3 | But each could and did act for the other when necessary ; and English diplomats abroad frequently corresponded with both . |
| 4 | ‘ There is a lot of circumstantial evidence that Mills did work for the Russians . ’ |
| 5 | The I R A said they killed John Gibson because his company did work for the security services . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , Sidonius did fear for the safety of his own family in the aftermath of the accession of Nepos . |
| 7 | Unfortunately Shackleton died whilst still in the Antarctic on 5 January 1922 , and so he never did search for the treasure . |
| 8 | Graciously the principal did apologise for the ferocity of his attack but that encounter prompted me to produce this leaflet in defence of the Word of God and the integrity of some very important person who are in effect made out to be liars if the theory of evolution is true . |
| 9 | Others , perhaps less charitable , did call for the resignation of the Director of Social Work , Paul Lee , and they believed the Chairman of the Social Work Committee , Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett , should also resign . |
| 10 | So I mean in the shop I , I did sell for the National Trust once but I s I sold them the . |
| 11 | IBM always did go for the best , aiming for the long term . |
| 12 | The universities did bid for the students , but all at the same top price , and the system was consigned to the UFC file marked ‘ fiasco . ’ |
| 13 | Nevertheless , Theoderid did fight for the Romans against the Sueves in Spain in 446 , and in 451 he provided the most substantial portion of the confederacy which faced Attila and the Huns at the battle of the Catalaunian Plains . |
| 14 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |