Example sentences of "do [pers pn] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others . |
| 2 | That 'll do him for the . |
| 3 | They had done it for the joy of creating , without having to look over their shoulder at the censor . |
| 4 | She done it for the burial club money . |
| 5 | Just a day after Kevin , 33 , visited his JobCentre , she joked : ‘ People will make sarcastic comments like ‘ She 's done it for the £7 child benefit ’ . |
| 6 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 7 | The other girls , knowing quite well that she had done it for the benefit of one Geoffrey A. Machin , were shocked and admiring , but the convention restrained them from expressing either shock or admiration . |
| 8 | So , have you done it for the deadline ? |
| 9 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 10 | ‘ And after all he 's done it for the most altruistic of reasons-unlike Bill 's quarry . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd only have done it for the money , ’ she admits , ‘ It was a bit of a mish-mash . ’ |
| 12 | But we have n't done it for the past eighteen months . |
| 13 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 14 | I have just done it for the only time in the 23,400,000 minutes of my life so far , and I doubt if I 'll do it again , so call these odds one in 25 million . |
| 15 | Well Mr never been before at least I 've done it for the first few years that I was there . |
| 16 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 17 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 18 | John Major has made one for citizens , British Rail has done it for their passengers , the banks have formulated one for their customers and now the JS distribution division has done it for the branches . |
| 19 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
| 20 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 21 | If the Government can do it for the Bosnians , why ca n't they do it for the homeless ? |
| 22 | ‘ No I do n't do it for the money really . |
| 23 | ‘ And I 'd only go out with someone I really liked — I would n't do it for the sake of it . |
| 24 | We thought it was so good that we 'd do it for the old people 's home . |
| 25 | You certainly did n't do it for the money . |
| 26 | I said well in all fairness Paul , you ai n't actually bloody got , I said I do n't do it for the fun of it I said and I do n't like doing it but I see , he just sort of |
| 27 | But for that old lady , I had been ordered to do her for the fire . |
| 28 | Not just for yourself , you 've got to do it for the rest . |
| 29 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 30 | when they 've got to do the road or something they want somebody to do it for the three weeks or |