Example sentences of "done for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We know all the damned silly things we 've done for a thousand years , and as long as we know that and always have it around where we can see it , some day we 'll sop making goddamn funeral pyres and jumping into the middle of them . ’
2 Patients were still taking omeprazole when they had the tests done for a second time .
3 This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person .
4 At first he felt more relaxed than he had done for a long time .
5 They are perhaps playing a more prominent part than they have done for a long time .
6 Crawford recalled , ‘ I was thinking : ‘ This is the only work you 've done for a long time .
7 Ah , now this is the one I have n't done for a long time , now this is the one
8 Oh well if you have n't had chi or have n't done for a long time you enjoy them .
9 Have n't done for a long time .
10 They consulted a doctor who told them that there was very little that could be done for a rheumatic attack .
11 A decision to leave what is to be done for a particular child … to the school is not itself , in my judgment , a determination of the special educational provision for the child … which would necessitate the making of a statement .
12 These were done for a particular customer that wanted them buffed .
13 Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time .
14 The Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , says everything possible is being done for a twenty eight year old man who 's spent thirteen months in an Indian jail .
15 ‘ Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her ’
16 Then she burst into tears — as she always has done for the four years I 've known her .
17 The key document circulated at the time was Raoul Vaneigen 's Totality For Kids which was hailed by its supporters as doing for the twentieth century what Marx had done for the nineteenth .
18 Now I 've dwelt for a moment on my own experience because I think it epitomizes that of the Labour Party as a whole from to John , the G M B has been a tower of strength always there to assist not only with money and resources , but also with advice and support and on behalf of my parliamentary colleagues , I want to thank the union for all it is , it has done for the Labour Party .
19 Since the Minister is so concerned about the gold belonging to the Baltic states , will he see justice done for the poorest country in Europe , Albania , whose gold is in the Bank of England and was stolen from that country four decades ago ?
20 All this may be done for the best of reasons but it only ensures that children bottle up their feelings as well as their tears , which , as we have seen in previous chapters , can have far-reaching effects .
21 And it was done for the best , although I must admit it did n't turn out like that .
22 ’ It might have revived her career , as it certainly would have done for the 42-year-old Doris Day .
23 Relatively little could be done for the first year or two ; Pitt had a view of the war that stretched over the whole world , but it took some time to prepare the resources to give effect to this vision .
24 As the distinguished chemist , Cornford , said : ‘ The doctrine is based on the theory that nothing should ever be done for the first time . ’
25 That I 've done for the first time in my life something original .
26 Probably by saying that he only supplied what custom dictated as appropriate to the social status of the deceased , and that everything was done for the complete satisfaction of his client .
27 In the liberated world of radical chic , we may be intended to think , favours could be done for the right person .
28 I do n't like the title , it 's probably done for the right reasons but … well …
29 One of their spokesmen warned in January 1933 : Unless something is done for the American farmer , we will have revolution in the countryside within less than twelve months .
30 Diana warmed to her theme as the letter , written on Kensington Palace notepaper , continued with her favourite lament — the work she had done for the Royal Family .
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