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Example sentences of "do [noun] for " in BNC.

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1	Well done mum for reading that out wrongly to me .
2	DRA itself has done installers for the Transputer , 386/486 , MIPS , 68K , VAX and is looking at HP 's PA-RISC .
3	Did you do overtime for last week ?
4	Get all your business done Saturday for it 's a fine time for long distance communications and clinching all sorts of commercial arrangements and workaday agreements .
5	They 've always done good for me .
6	What do I wan na do fault for ?
7	She had done research for a medical writer .
8	After a tenacious run through ‘ Ca n't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man ’ — a rather average ditty by PE 's high standards — Chuck D thankfully reappears , prompting the S1Ws , now dressed in standard military uniforms , to unleash a synchronised black power salute .
9	After a tenacious run through ‘ Ca n't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man ’ — a rather average ditty by PE 's high standards — Chuck D thankfully reappears , prompting the S1Ws , now dressed in standard military uniforms , to unleash a synchronised black power salute .
10	Aha and he done caretaker for years
11	But anyway sh , they 're gon na do lunch for us at dinner time .
12	Local gangs such as the infamous ‘ Forty Row ’ from Ancoats , the ‘ Bengal Tiger ’ from Bengal Street , the ‘ Bungall Boys ’ from Fairfield Street , ‘ Alum Street ’ or ‘ Hope Street ’ from Salford would do battle for neighbourhood supremacy , sometimes retiring to parks or open crofts for these engagements .
13	There is no doubt that this is a proper way to acknowledge the fine achievements of sportsmen and women and others who have done work for charity .
14	‘ And I 'm quite proud we are making our mark in the depths of recession — you name an outlet , we 've done work for it . ’
15	‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill .
16	There was a duty of mutual trust between his victims and him , the victims being elderly and he having done work for them over some years .
17	But , apart from Mr Jarvis , the few farmers I 've done work for have n't paid their bills yet . ’
18	And I 've done work for them
19	and we er sort of use you know key members in the area that we 've done work for
20	And John 's been in there , he 's done work for Harry Secombe in his house .
21	Mark Kelly seems to have impressed everyone who saw him play this preseason , I hope he get 's his chance to prove himself , Ireland could do backup for Dennis Irwin at right back ( cue the flames for mentioning a Scum player )
22	Yeah well we 've got set jobs but I mean like we 'll say look I 'll do post for you today if you do it for me like whenever
23	There was one particular teacher ; if you done sports for him , that came first .
24	The firm , which will do boards for a whole range of products including computers , telecommunications and satellite receiver and industrial control system products is looking for further partnerships in Taiwan , Japan and the US and is three months away from announcing its next deal .
25	A brisk walk , say 20 minutes or half an hour , 3 times a week will do wonders for your circulation .
26	Changing to the Ford engine will not do wonders for your fuel economy .
27	‘ Freedy Starr ate my hamster ’ might do wonders for the circulation of the Sun but ‘ Caretaker ate school hamster ’ will be unlikely to do the same for your local weekly .
28	I say ‘ could ’ , because running and hard exercise can do wonders for body , mind and spirit without any New Age-type influence .
29	It 'll do wonders for your sense of cooperation and teamwork !
30	DEATH can do wonders for record sales — Freddie Mercury 's departure alone is reckoned to have put several percentage points on total British sales last Christmas .