Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pron] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 2 | If Kee , who is far from ignorant in these matters , wanted to go on starving herself for the sake of an old love which is dead and rotting in the ground , well , so be it , that is her business . |
| 3 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 4 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 5 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 6 | ENGLAND manager Graham Taylor is faces up to the most important year of his career , already bracing himself for a row which could undermine his World Cup plans . |
| 7 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
| 11 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 12 | Just doing it for the week . |
| 13 | Th we must be able to learn from this period , particularly a partial austerity mm but these events are sound events in themselves and that we 're not just doing it for the sake of the sponsor or attracting a sponsor and that it 's not , in itself , completely necessary to have a sponsor otherwise the competition would n't exist . |
| 14 | Not just taking me for a ride ? ’ |
| 15 | Other negatives were Gareth Burnells 's ‘ No , mate , I do n't think there 's any particular dispute over this stretch of the Derwent , ’ and Neil Newton Taylor 's ‘ No , we 're just taking them for a walk' ’ on a picture postcard of Cauldron Snout . |
| 16 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
| 17 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 18 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 19 | However , Visionware is also priming itself for the opening of its US office in California on July 1 . |
| 20 | Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term . |
| 21 | As she drove back home through the traffic , memories of her father 's authoritarian presence , vigorously admonishing her for the sinfulness of some childlike request , filled her mind with pain and loathing . |
| 22 | And were the Brodskys simply slumming it for the sake of a little pop action ? |
| 23 | And the Reds boss has delivered a surprise vote-of-confidence in his £2.2m signing from Derby even tipping him for a return to the England side . |
| 24 | She tossed her head , aware she was n't fooling him for a minute . |
| 25 | Fearless and aggressive , Jack become one of Palace 's youngest captains when he took over as skipper in 1956 , his determination and enthusiasm admirably suiting him for the role . |
| 26 | er my Lord it was n't , I was n't raising it for the purpose of your Lordship mentioned , er namely er er about er contingency fund , though indeed will be entitled to that , I raised a question of the minute , the board minute , to do with the concerned with Mr rest of the meeting about the placement |
| 27 | Instead , you should respond by making the dog lie down , saying ‘ no ’ in a harsh voice and then ignoring it for a period , thus breaking off the game . |
| 28 | But he 'd been practising his backhand all year , mentally preparing himself for the North Shore . |
| 29 | He had n't concentrated on one thing for years now as he had when he 'd started collecting stamps at the age of nine , so careful , so worried , so never leaving anything for a minute that could be done straight away by him . |
| 30 | When she finally shook herself away , she found herself sailing into yet more stagnant waters , for there , directly in her way , unavoidable , smiling passively , uncomfortably , yet unavoidably , was Lady Henrietta , dutifully offering herself for an exchange with her hostess . |