Example sentences of "to do [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ideal love of a man for a woman and of a woman for a man is for them to want to give something to each other , or to want to do something for each other . |
| 2 | She said : ‘ I like to make people laugh and always wanted to be able to do something for elderly and lonely people . ’ |
| 3 | We were very open to a range of ideas from big to little ; the mother of a mentally-handicapped child wrote in wanting to do something for mentally-handicapped children , and she had got an idea about setting it in the production office of a children 's comic . |
| 4 | The Secretary of State is anxious to concentrate on rebates to do something for those who will by hit be the property tax , but the Minister has scorned property taxes and is determined to weight the tax in favour of the better-off . |
| 5 | The second point is that the A C C are , are , I think , the second point is that there was a deputation to the Minister yesterday , so if , in a sense it 's a little late unless it was picked up by Mr yesterday , it may be a little late to do something for this year , er , I mean obviously next year is I think going to be the er , important issue , and the A C C has already circulated all Shire counties er , it 's picked up that this has happened to the majority of counties , although again the south east er , has escaped from that , and it 's asking for the sort of figures we 're debating this morning . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you seriously asking me to do something for twenty dollars difference a night . |
| 7 | Well and do you want me to do one for this year ? |
| 8 | Now we 're planning to do a , we do n't wan na do another budget , re-budget forecast until June July , we , cos it , we do n't need to do one for this bu any budget year starting July , we 're gon na work on the calendar year . |
| 9 | Yeah well , it was right it was cheaper to do it for twelve months anyway . |
| 10 | The last thing you want is to start an involved conversation because when you come to do it for real , it can all seem a bit stale . |
| 11 | She decided there was only one cure , and that was to do it for real . |
| 12 | I 'll have a go , but I 'm not going to do it for two or three |
| 13 | I have a suspicion I 've wanted to do it for some time . ’ |
| 14 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 15 | It takes a special person to handle complaints in any case but to do it for 22 years deserves a special mention , always maintaining a diplomatic and friendly attitude to each individual case . |
| 16 | Oh I mean many of them were taken out of a book which had in the front price five and sixpence so a so I think that went very well and er I mean Jack was much encouraged by it so much so that he 's going to actually offer to do it for another organisation that he 's connected with |
| 17 | Christmas trees , and I have two small children that to try to sustain Christmas for three or four days is very difficult , to do it for three months is impossible ! |
| 18 | Right so I do n't need to do anything for that ? |
| 19 | Which he may not be able to do anything for that week but it will ring a bell loud and clear the following weeks . |