Example sentences of "did it for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I did it for one and he did n't get in !
2 I did it for six months and reckon that at only 24 I did it pretty well .
3 ‘ I did it for eight years .
4 We did ask Dorothy to do it after I did it for four years , but she was n't keen and I had to go on .
5 I mean , I did it for four months and then I could n't do any more , I just think I mean , I know Amanda and Claire were a lot younger then and I think it 's difficult when they are they 're younger .
6 I decided that what I did it for small reasons
7 And they did it for 20-year-old centre-half Darren Salton , who is still in a coma and on a life support machine after Thursday 's road crash in which Paul Telfer was also injured .
8 I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them .
9 Like , I did it for three nights and I was wrecked ! ’
10 Mr. Gordon had persuaded Sir George Phillips , who was a rather crabby old man , to let them use the Park for their meetings , but , all the same , Judy had the feeling that Mr. Gordon did it for Brown Owl and not at all for the Brownies .
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