Example sentences of "[pron] [be] do [pron] 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 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 I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them .
4 I did think I was doing it for the best .
5 I was doing it for the drive anyway .
6 You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you .
7 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 ’ .
8 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 ?
9 We erm of course , this is besides the ordinary classes that they take erm now I believe there 's doing something for the erm , what was the one I looked at on the board the other day for tracing your ancestors back , you know .
10 If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child .
11 ‘ And after all he 's done it for the most altruistic of reasons-unlike Bill 's quarry . ’
12 He 's doing it for the challenge .
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