do something for
Example Sentences
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The 44th president, Barack Obama, an executive producer with Michelle on the show, approached David to do something for the semiquincentennial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
But after staff got wind of the idea, they said they "would like to do something for us," said Noakes.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
"It was really the wish of the Holy Father to be able to do something for the children of Gaza," a close confidant of the late pontiff, Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Sweden, tells me.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
“These were consumer-based lawsuits, so you would think they’d actually do something for consumers with everything that they stipulated that this company did wrong,” Sanchez said.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2026
“I don’t know. Maybe you oughta do something for me first.”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
