Example sentences of "do [was/were] [verb] for " in BNC.

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1	‘ What was done was done for Ireland , ’ said Dierdriu .
2	The best we could do was to arrange for some of our experienced investigators to spend a few days explaining how we worked , and then to attach our visitors to a particular investigation that was current so that they could experience the practical application of our methods .
3	All they could do was plead for commonsense or , in desperation , threaten a stern lecture from Anna Essinger , a device which usually succeeded when all else had failed .
4	The only thing to do was to go for a walk .
5	‘ What we wanted to do was identify for each separate office its cash inflow and outflow as a preparatory discipline , if you like , before the demerger .
6	All I wanted to do was run for my country , to be part of the action .
7	Then all Kirov had to do was run for cover and wait .
8	The work , work something something scheme and and they , they 'd refurbish it , all th th that we had to do was to pay for the materials , they provided the labour .
9	All I had to do was ask for directions .
10	What you were doing was heading for the exit ! ’
11	All they were doing was waiting for their Dad .
12	‘ A lot of the things I did were done for shock value .
13	I mean , I do n't know I , you see I left I had to come here so I left before Bob Monkhouse and everything , I just , I , all I did was go for couple of free drinks and plate of free food , which , I do n't think I got .
14	In fact , practically all I did was to go for solitary walks or pretend to read Virgil or Sophocles , whose two dead languages were now as meaningless to me as mental arithmetic , and as incapable of claiming my concentration .
15	What I did was to wait for him to unbolt the door , which opens outwards .
16	The first show we ever did was opening for Living Colour , and we 've just done a mini-tour with Adrian Belew 's band .

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