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 . |