Example sentences of "would do [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look , I 'd appreciate it if you 'd do something for me . ’ |
| 2 | They 'd done it for Adam and Christopher and they 'd do it for him . |
| 3 | It just makes you feel good because you kid yourself they 'd do it for free anyway . ’ |
| 4 | I reckon I 'd do it for a thousand pounds . |
| 5 | He said he 'd do it for $8,000 . |
| 6 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 7 | He 'd do it for ten quid , let alone for this little lot . ’ |
| 8 | You 'd do it for for Bert . |
| 9 | She was asking what Steve had come up with job wise she said if ever I wanted a C V writing Graham 'd do it for me |
| 10 | No I think , I reckon that if you knew that the bloke was an easy pull , they would n't do it if they , if they knew they could n't get the girl cos otherwise it would be embarrassing for them , but if they knew that she was an easy pull they 'd do it for a joke . |
| 11 | ‘ But you , ’ again that glitter in his eyes , ‘ you 'd do anything for me . ’ |
| 12 | I 'd do anything for them . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd do anything for me — even killed a man for my sake . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Not to put too fine a point on it , you 'd do anything for me , would n't you ? ’ |
| 15 | They 'd do anything for you within reason you know . |
| 16 | ‘ You said you 'd do anything for your family . |
| 17 | She 'd do anything for us — and we both know that , which means I suppose that we have a sort of shell of security which goes with us everywhere . ’ |
| 18 | The kind of crooks who 'd do anything for money , deal in guns , that sort of thing . |
| 19 | He 's twenty-two , and he 'd do anything for me , get me anything I want . |
| 20 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 21 | but she 'd do anything for you , if you say like midnight one night you got her out of bed and come down . |
| 22 | And kind — he 'd do owt for you . |
| 23 | Thank you everybody who said they would do them for next year . |
| 24 | With the obvious exception of Clement Freud [ Note : that 's Sir Clement Freud who said on our 150th anniversary , ‘ I would do nothing for Punch except cheer for its demise . ’ ] , everyone must be saddened by this week 's news . |
| 25 | ‘ A black eye and a bloody nose would do nothing for my publicity photos . |
| 26 | Harold Macmillan was by no means alone at that time in looking forward to a government of Mosley and the younger men who would do something for the country at last . |
| 27 | Generally he seems to have dealt with those who came to him with requests by saying that he would do something for them , and then repeating this promise whenever he had to , postponing action for as long as possible . |
| 28 | So , Ace had hoped her father would do something for him ? |
| 29 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 30 | Nevertheless we crave it and would do anything for it . |