Example sentences of "did [verb] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The serfs had swallowed the slaves , a process made hopelessly obscure by the fact that the same word , servus , often did service for both . |
| 2 | Induced innovation did occur for these great and developing nations because it was central to their national development and they both had particularly advantageous social and natural endowments at the time . |
| 3 | Well they they will continue , but there will be an adjustment now to the charging of the school meals , because the joint budget did provide for another two hundred and fifty five thousand income for that reason , and erm the savings |
| 4 | But I think it 's a little bit rich if I may say so Joe to blame the women for this because the parliamentary Labour party did vote for this new rule and the fact that a number of women very able women put themselves forward , I do n't think it 's right to say it is the women 's fault . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I can honestly say that the facts are correct : I am thirty-two , I did live for many years in Scotland , and yes , I do head one of the largest investment corporations in the country . ’ |
| 6 | Erm the criterion one that has been avoi has been described as a avoid the greenbelt to reflect the possibility or the theoretical possibility that er a new settlement could be er provided shall we say erm erm n on the inner edge of the greenbelt , if the scenario arose that the final definition of the York greenbelt did allow for that possibility to emerge . |