Example sentences of "'d do for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His bedroom was the Sleeping Beauty scene he 'd done for Biba 's children 's department and the kitchen area was full of artificial trees — which his party guests used to piss against . |
| 2 | SHe knew he was holed up at Roirbak 's place , and was convinced hir instincts were right that Malamute hated Penumbra and was coping with moral dilemmas about what he 'd done for her . |
| 3 | Penny says a close friend recently asked her to sum up what she thought she 'd done for the Princess of Wales . |
| 4 | But then , he did n't know what she 'd done for him and was going to do . |
| 5 | As soon as he started to tear the paper off I had a wild desire to snatch it back , rush out and buy him a record-player ; it seemed such a ludicrously inadequate present after all he 'd done for me . |
| 6 | Pouring the wine , just as he 'd done for Marianne Novaks . |
| 7 | I 'd make it me business to er yes and course it was to his trade good jobs as he 'd done for customers , had it done so well , they told somebody else and it brought in trade , see what I mean ? |
| 8 | She hoped that she had n't made an enemy out of Joe Lucas ; she knew that what he 'd done , he 'd done for her and for the memory of Christine . |
| 9 | I was standing in the back of a small boat , drifting down some English river I 've never seen — the kind with dappled , overhang-ing leaves reflected in the water — grasping a punt-pole in my hands and propelling the flat boat like it was something I 'd done for years . |
| 10 | I knew then you 'd done for him all right . ’ |
| 11 | But you 'd got hold of him , and you 'd squeezed him till the pips rattled , and you 'd done for him as a man . |
| 12 | That was more than she 'd done for Dane , she realised , feeling the first faint stirrings of doubt . |
| 13 | They had people to do that for them half the time , there was no need for it , but it was as if I had to earn my keep , I had to repay what they 'd done for me , with the people that worked there laughing at me behind my back , wondering where I 'd come from , thinking maybe I was no better than them . |