Example sentences of "doing it for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
2 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
3 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
4 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
5 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
6 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |