Example sentences of "doing [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was doing them for him . ’ |
| 2 | This lotus-eating life was doing nothing for her . |
| 3 | She longed for some proper clothes too — having to wear one of his large baggy T-shirts was doing nothing for her self-image . |
| 4 | Mrs from Darlaston says , they are victimizing the men who are working erm need to chase those men who are doing nothing for their families . |
| 5 | I could feel the same horror burning through Tom and Terry — the impotence , the rage , the fear and shame at doing nothing for our friend . |
| 6 | he comes round , and just say no , I 'm not doing nothing for you . |
| 7 | And he says , he says er he says I will not move my car and I do n't get told anything , you know , I 'm not doing nothing for you , you do n't belong in this country and all this stuff |
| 8 | I 'm not gon na go over t what my colleague has said but what I do wan na know is when are the Labour Party gon na get hold of some issue and make some sort of mileage out of it , because we 've got a number of sponsored MPs and we ca n't get 'em off the doorstep at election time , but when it comes about doing summat for us and consider the fact that it affects many many people and we talk about the links that the Labour Party and the trade union has , I think the Labour Party 's already severed 'em , as far as I 'm concerned . |
| 9 | Well , I do but our Karen do n't , so I 'm not doing one for mesen . |
| 10 | I think it 's a matter of giving yourself time of accepting that maybe you 're feeling low or I fe , when I 'm feeling low I say right , I ca n't cope with things I 've got to give myself some time where nothing 's gon na bother me , if I can manage it , an hour , half an hour , just doing something for myself that I really like and that helps me once I accept myself as being depressed then it helps alleviate the stress involved with it . |
| 11 | My family was very very supportive my mum was very happy that I was doing something for myself later on in my life it will help me very much and my husband was very very good . |
| 12 | I 'm very willing , but seeing as someone 's doing something for me , I 'm like you sure you do n't mind ? |
| 13 | So when some City and other British institutions start doing something for their employees and offering them something to alleviate their fears , the others are likely to match it . |
| 14 | Recently I heard she feels a lot better doing something for her country . |
| 15 | It 's getting used to thinking that somebody 's doing something for 'em . |
| 16 | And I was in the depot and I and I was er trying to er get some money for , for this thing or , or doing something for it anyway , and this bloke said , said John , he said , what the bloody hell are you got interested in the people of Spain for ? |
| 17 | The right approach might possibly be along the lines of : ‘ How about the family closing ranks and getting together now that you need a little help ? ’ or ‘ Give us the pleasure of doing something for you for a change . ’ |
| 18 | For the first time in her life she was doing something for herself ; doing it without help from anyone , and what was more , she was getting it right . |
| 19 | His own mother had been , and to some extent remained , an intrusive presence in his life , and he had started to shut her out by keeping busy and doing everything for himself . |
| 20 | He thought he was helping everybody and doing everything for himself but he were n't , he was stopping |
| 21 | The aim will be fulfilled if the teacher 's aid encourages self-help skills and good personal organisation by the pupil rather than doing everything for him in the way of fetching and returning materials . |
| 22 | Except , that , except that of course I was doing everything for everybody . |
| 23 | They have to rely on doing everything for themselves rather than sharing the tasks . |
| 24 | The doctors are doing everything for her . ’ |
| 25 | Rawlplug fixings : Williams Holdings doing it for themselves |
| 26 | WE ARE The Men are six women , stronger on dialectic than musical ability , doing it for themselves . |
| 27 | Indeed last year was a marked one for ’ sisters doing it for themselves ’ . |
| 28 | WE ARE The Men are six women , stronger on dialectic than musical ability , doing it for themselves . |
| 29 | You an me , the artists , we 're doing it for no-one 's eyes but our own , are n't we ? but while fundamental , as far as the book 's concerned , this is a minor point . |
| 30 | You 're not doing it for me , you 're doing it for her . |