Example sentences of "do [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ Keith once said if anyone hurt Jason he would do life for him . |
| 62 | I 'd go , I 'd do stars for . |
| 63 | Got ta do themes for Easter . |
| 64 | He had also done homage for his ecclesiastical lands . |
| 65 | He had done homage for Normandy and Anjou at Montmirail and he had been crowned King of England in 1170 . |
| 66 | Harry swallowed the soft strangulation of tears and clung with desperate hands to the obstinacy that must do duty for his flagging courage . |
| 67 | Really it 's done men for good , for years has n't it ? |
| 68 | Oh good oh right so er so you can you can do project for a few weeks fairly solidly before the end of term course when deadlines start looming . |
| 69 | And er also incidentally a cost for the P Q S , because the P Q S would do estimates for the earthworks th that are involved which is outside our normal line of duty . |
| 70 | Near his Chalk Farm flat was an entrée to another social scene , the world of the small magazines , of Pete Brown , Mal Dean — who had done design for the first It and Robins was drawn towards it . |
| 71 | We 'll do Christmas for you ! |
| 72 | I had only once or twice done jobs for high SenFed aristocrats or , for royalty . |
| 73 | And also state that over the years er your father used to run the business done hundreds of jobs for Avon Insurance at , and er also you yourself have done jobs for Avon Insurance before who have never ever had any trouble whatever so ever ! |
| 74 | But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting . |
| 75 | From a hot-head who has done time for killing a man , he develops into a union organiser who discovers the eloquence his new role demands . |
| 76 | I tell you who else was there erm the lady who used to do caretaking for you at school you know , who had a little girl months before Becca was born . |
| 77 | Coghill was to do Measure For Measure . |
| 78 | Just to look at it was to do penance for her failures . |
| 79 | He subsequently decided to do penance for the deed , and set off to his foundation at Agaune . |
| 80 | Some employers sponsor students by paying fees and maintenance ; there is widespread employer involvement in various forms of sandwich courses and work placements including , in some cases , co-operation in student assessment ; there are endowed chairs at universities and polytechnics ; there are sponsored courses sometimes with a single client as customer for the whole student cohort ; employers sit on various boards and committees concerned with activities from course unit level to governing body ; employers use academics as consultants and engage academic departments to do research for them ; there are sponsored research and collaborative projects ; and curriculum material is available at all levels — usually for free — from industrial and commercial bodies . |
| 81 | Those features , do you have to do research for them ? ’ |
| 82 | After graduation he was awarded a scholarship to do research for a doctoral thesis on Thomas Gray [ q.v. ] , apparently never completed , under the supervision of I. A. Richards [ q.v . ] . |
| 83 | Williams had gone to Bordeaux to do research for his doctoral thesis , ‘ The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery ’ . |
| 84 | And it 's more than er , and you can certainly do a better job than the Carlton so I mean , you do n't call , I mean , you do n't call him any competition at all I do n't but , you 've got to look at being able to do functions for two hundred . |
| 85 | Danger to the policewoman in being asked to do duties for which she is physically unsuited ; |
| 86 | For the moment though , the students will have to take a rest as Glenn jets out to do battle for glory in the world championships . |
| 87 | Various dangers , such as snakes and scorpions , threatened him , but with the magic of the gods to cure him from a poisoned bite and with marsh dwellers helping to watch over him , Horus grew to manhood and set out to do battle for his rightful inheritance with his uncle , Seth . |
| 88 | Down and Derry were poised to do battle for the trophy — or so everyone thought . |
| 89 | When Katherine returns unexpectedly to do battle for Jack as well as the Deal , Tess needs more than power dressing to win . |
| 90 | And Lady Paignton , whom you met yesterday , is always saying she wished she had somebody to do shopping for her . |