Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [verb] [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Joseph Shill , I am arresting you for the murder of your wife , Maria Shill , at Windsor , on 19th December . ’ |
2 | ‘ Miles Engado , I am arresting you for the — ’ |
3 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
4 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
5 | ‘ Tommy Cook , I 'm arresting you for the murder of Christopher Jabelman … ‘ |
6 | ‘ Iain MacPherson , I 'm arresting you for the … ‘ |
7 | Well I 'm telling you for a fact that St |
8 | I 'm telling you for a fact that Steven wo n't touch you . |
9 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Harvey . |
10 | ‘ I 'm telling you for the last time , Liz , get up and let's go home . |
11 | No , it 's just Cherry 's I 'm borrowing it for a while . |
12 | It 's all I 'm giving you for the moment : I seem to be embarrassing my client . |
13 | I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them . |
14 | No , I 'm doing it for A level . |
15 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
16 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
17 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
18 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
19 | ‘ 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 . |
20 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
21 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
22 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |
23 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
24 | We 're taking you for a check-up at the Royal Infirmary . ’ |
25 | We 're ignoring them for the moment . ’ |
26 | They 're saving them for the Open . ’ |
27 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |
28 | And they 're doing her for a road traffic accident at Morrow Road when Simon the bike . |
29 | They 're doing it for a dictionary for erm sch for students . |
30 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |