Example sentences of "do [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've never done nuthin' for nobody in the whole of your mean , miserable life ! ’ |
| 2 | Mr Andrews cited the example of an A&E nurse who had done suturing for many years . |
| 3 | ‘ One will do fine for his dallta , Lachlan , but I 'll have a new one made for your heir . |
| 4 | It was a plain , basic , rock-bottom hatchback , but it would do fine for the distance and had the extra advantage of childproof locks on the rear doors . |
| 5 | So the Sierra I can do ready for you to take to Kevin on Fri Friday night is it ? |
| 6 | Tell you what , we are you do n't do bad for tools that we buy off them . |
| 7 | ‘ But what are you doing working for IMC ? |
| 8 | They could n't quite work out what we were doing looking for golf clubs in the wood — balls yes , clubs no . |
| 9 | I have seen in my own area where wee lads who were on the border line of going one way or another regarding life in Northern Ireland , ending up getting jobs and doing great for a year and at the end of the year just thrown back onto the dole and people have lost interest in them again . |
| 10 | Nasmyth does fine for clients , but already needs new software — he loses time travelling between borrowed studio suites . |