Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] things for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's why I came to see things for myself . ’ |
| 2 | From the early 1970s the idea of revivalism in consumption and aesthetic theory had become rampant , as people started to buy things for their ‘ kitsch ’ value or their references — note the Deco dream world of Biba 's store in Kensington High Street as the high water mark of this style in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | A more ruthless woman would have let the whole place slide into chaos until he learned to do things for himself . |
| 4 | He did take things for granted , though . |
| 5 | She wanted to do things for him — it seemed to give some purpose to her life to have somebody depending even a little on her . |
| 6 | When they went out on their own with girls , they tended to fix things for the same evening so as not to spend two nights separated where one would do . |