Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] it for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
| 2 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 3 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 4 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |
| 6 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 7 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 8 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 9 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 10 | even though she 's getting it for the technology . |
| 11 | Just a day after Kevin , 33 , visited his JobCentre , she joked : ‘ People will make sarcastic comments like ‘ She 's done it for the £7 child benefit ’ . |
| 12 | No well she had this special thing so it 's done the trick so she has n't worn it yet though , I think she 's doing it for the wedding ai n't she ? |
| 13 | She was to keep it for the next three and a half years . |
| 14 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 15 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 16 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 17 | He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow . |
| 18 | ‘ And after all he 's done it for the most altruistic of reasons-unlike Bill 's quarry . ’ |
| 19 | He 's doing it for the challenge . |