Example sentences of "do a [adj] thing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When anyone suggests , as people will , that they have done a great thing for Anna , Tony and Christine are quick to reply that it has been a great thing , also , for them . |
| 2 | ‘ You , my boy , have done a wonderful thing for us and in return we wish to do something for you . |
| 3 | ‘ He does n't do a damn thing for the good of mankind , but makes one hell of a fat living by buying cheap from one worker and selling the same thing dear to another worker . |
| 4 | Erm Louise did a similar thing for me , managed to get some one-off letters run off the system . |
| 5 | And you never do a damn thing for them . |