Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cat had done well to run for shelter … |
| 2 | She did not aim for sleep , though , but lay there for an age wanting some of her anger back . |
| 3 | Of course he had some other assets , but the collapse of the central part of his fortune did not make for buoyancy . |
| 4 | This reciprocal position did not make for sincerity and real understanding . |
| 5 | The place suddenly had its history of bloodletting to be sniffed , and yet even that was not exciting , maybe because the Nîmois did not roar for blood as the Romans had , but sunned themselves and discussed finer points of capework . |
| 6 | The studies reported in this table did not control for maturity or seasonality effects in the distribution , that is , they studied the distribution of futures price changes or returns across all seasons of the year and for a variety of contract maturities ( maturity effects on the distribution are discussed in Chapter 8 , while seasonality effects are considered in Chapter 9 ) . |
| 7 | Sam ran off across the yard ; he did not appear for lunch . |
| 8 | They did not talk for talking 's sake , in the artificial manner that human beings — and sometimes even their dogs and cats — do . |
| 9 | She did not stay for coffee . |
| 10 | He did not stay for coffee but left the hotel and walked down the almost deserted main street . |
| 11 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 12 | ‘ He did not change for death till about four o'clock on the day he died . |
| 13 | He replaces Berndt Schultz , the Fair 's founder , who did not stand for re-election . |
| 14 | European leaders who had feared since Korea that America 's relentless anti-Communism would end in disaster gave Johnson little support and he did not stand for re-election in 1968 . |
| 15 | He did not stand for re-election to the Parliament of 1780 ; but he was elected for Ripon in 1787 , and became a commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1788 . |
| 16 | However , she did not stand for re-election in 1979 . |
| 17 | Kokoomus , led by the outgoing Prime Minister , Harri Holkeri ( who did not stand for re-election ) , lost 3.8 per cent and 13 of its 53 seats . |
| 18 | Poor men in the country did not travel for pleasure at all , combining enjoyment with business at markets and fairs . |
| 19 | They embraced at the last , but did not speak for fear of the clarity with which even a whisper might carry here . |
| 20 | So the question of the soundness of Atkins L.J . 's dictum did not arise for decision in that case . |
| 21 | Parental T1 cells , from which T2 cells were derived , were positive for HLA-A2.1 and -B5 and also for HLA class II molecules , whereas T2 cells did not stain for HLA-B5 and only weakly for HLA-A2.1 ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 22 | The policing of CND rallies and the miners ' strike could hardly be said from the Government 's point of view to have failed , and certainly the police did not suffer for want of legal powers . |
| 23 | That the Director of Public Prosecutions did not press for prosecution suggests that this line of defence might have been effective , or might have resulted in the prosecution net catching even larger , embarrassed fish . |
| 24 | The world did not stop in its tracks when it happened , it did not pause for breath , it did not miss a heartbeat . |
| 25 | My claim to fame nowadays is that I am one of the seven people who did not vote for world peace . |
| 26 | Belfast loyalists did not vote for Seawright because he wanted to burn Catholics but because he lived in a council flat , spoke up for those loyalists who tried to kill IRA men , and was not prepared to abandon working-class Protestants in order to appear respectable . |
| 27 | However , the Road Traffic Act of 1982/3 did not allow for Zone signs to be introduced even on a temporary basis , so it was necessary for an information sign to be erected at every junction , showing not only a 30 km/h speed limit , but also drawing the driver 's attention to the changed priority ( right before left ) . |
| 28 | According to Islamabad radio , Sayaf said that " all Afghans belonging to any school of thought will be eligible to take part freely " although it did not allow for participation of Afghanistan 's ruling communists ( as demanded by Moscow ) . |
| 29 | It is true the funding arrangements at the time of the research did not allow for holiday pay , sick pay , and so on . |
| 30 | The hint of quality did not allow for heating and surface drainage , but neither were strictly essential in the summer months . |