Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | Except , that , except that of course I was doing everything for everybody . |
2 | It 's a unique opportunity to do something really strong for the sake of the restoration of my citizenship , while at the same time by that of course I 'm doing something for the human rights of every single citizen in Czechoslovakia . |
3 | That more likely is that you realised well nigh immediately that it was Mr , that 's why you said to Mr I 'm arresting you for harbouring an escapee . |
4 | These are the things we 're doing it for . |
5 | Dr. Briant is doing the right thing — doing his own job to the best of his ability and leaving the rest of it to the people he 's doing it for — you . ’ |
6 | For the first time in her life she was doing something for herself ; doing it without help from anyone , and what was more , she was getting it right . |
7 | I mean I w when I was dropping dead with exhaustion one evening I said to him look Tony , the there 's I 've cooked a chicken , there 's a big chicken cooling on the table and there there were red sauce , potatoes , gravy , I said , stick the lot on a plate a micro and , you know , film it over , microwave it oh well I sha n't bother to eat anything now of course he was paying me for his food |
8 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
9 | And this year we 're doing it for about half price or something . |
10 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
11 | ‘ But what you do n't understand is that it 's Leo I 'm doing it for . ’ |