Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [verb] it for [art] " 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 No , it 's just Cherry 's I 'm borrowing it for a while .
3 No , I 'm doing it for A level .
4 I did think I was doing it for the best .
5 I was doing it for the drive anyway .
6 If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped .
7 It 's cos you 're using it for an improper
8 ‘ 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 .
9 You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you .
10 She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time .
11 The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time .
12 She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time .
13 If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ?
14 even though she 's getting it for the technology .
15 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 ’ .
16 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 ?
17 She was to keep it for the next three and a half years .
18 They 're doing it for a dictionary for erm sch for students .
19 If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child .
20 But now they 're filming it for an appreciative video audience
21 That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose .
22 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 .
23 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 .
24 He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow .
25 ‘ And after all he 's done it for the most altruistic of reasons-unlike Bill 's quarry . ’
26 He 's doing it for the challenge .
27 He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend .
28 He was raising it for a second hit when Nancy rushed forward and , seizing the piece of wood , threw it into the fire .
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