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

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1 The worse thing I 've ever done is wax for my legs I did it once mhm
2 There was a strange moment then , when he knew the bastard was still in the room , still watching him , and all he could do was wait for him to leave .
3 All the Board of Education could do was aim for a minimum of half-time school provision by Easter .
4 What you had to do was listen for the echo not the report itself .
5 As Jennings ( 1982 , p. 67 ) has observed , most councillors are backbenchers , not policy-makers , and about the only vital service they see themselves doing is casework for their constituents .
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