Example sentences of "do something for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He listened intently as Helen Crummy , the founder of the Craigmillar Festival Society , told him that it was a group of mothers — determined to do something for their families because of their frustration at a lack of educational , cultural and employment opportunities — which had led to the start of the organisation in 1962 . |
| 2 | Here she was with an opportunity to do something for her mother , something she had always dreamed of doing , and she would have to refuse . |
| 3 | One of the factors that led me to sign up with the DIA was the idea that I might be able to do something for my friend Jerry Levin , who had been taken hostage in Beirut by Hezbollah , but as it happened he was released before I got out there . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Recently I heard she feels a lot better doing something for her country . |
| 6 | Do something for your customers today . |