Example sentences of "do [pron] [prep] [art] [adj] reason " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 2 | ‘ You must have done it for a good reason . |
| 3 | In this respect , the French government is right to have made the Minister of Culture also Minister of Education ( although whether they have done it for the right reasons , and with the right man is another matter ) . |
| 4 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 5 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 6 | " I know you come over a little shy when I talk about you this way , Chuck , but I do it for a good reason , " continued the senator , lighting a Havana cigar with elaborate care . |
| 7 | ‘ You never do anything right , you never do anything for the right reasons . |