Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're ignoring them for the moment . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |
| 3 | He thinks that I am selling her for the night . |
| 4 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 5 | ‘ They pay me , ’ he says , before qualifying his statement : ‘ I am doing it for the love of my art . |
| 6 | Now one of the things th we find that when we play an Adam Faith record , we tend to be singing it for the rest of the day you know , like What Do You Want |
| 7 | The man who constantly criticises may be trying to change you into the person he wants you to be , when he should be loving you for the person you are . |
| 8 | I 'm growing them for the wedding , they 'll have to get cut because I break them . |
| 9 | Because I 'll be doing it for the rest of my life now . |
| 10 | ‘ I gather you 're going to be joining us for the world cruise ? ’ |
| 11 | It 's all I 'm giving you for the moment : I seem to be embarrassing my client . |
| 12 | ‘ Tommy Cook , I 'm arresting you for the murder of Christopher Jabelman … ‘ |
| 13 | I 'll be needing it for the rest of the day , ’ Bishop said . |
| 14 | ‘ Joseph Shill , I am arresting you for the murder of your wife , Maria Shill , at Windsor , on 19th December . ’ |
| 15 | Amid the disillusionment felt by some , that the minority of farmers are spoiling it for the rest in not keeping the environment clean , one manufacturer at least , hopes not dampened by the weather , felt there was room for optimism . |
| 16 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 17 | even though she 's getting it for the technology . |
| 18 | The Wantage white horses swim club are off to the Palace tomorrow … that 's the Crystal one … world number one Mark Foster is coaching them for the day … |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | He 's doing it for the challenge . |
| 21 | He 's taking it for the meeting tomorrow . |
| 22 | No one is fighting her for the task of serving school dinners to the juniors . |
| 23 | The order was for the production of material relating to the purchase by a client , Mrs G , of certain real property , the allegation being that she was a member of the family of another person who was suspected of being a drug trafficker and who was using her for the purpose of laundering the proceeds of such trafficking . |
| 24 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 25 | Meanwhile Dave had gone to pick up the boss from Stuttgart Airport as he was joining us for the weekend . |
| 26 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 27 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 28 | The only way he knew to heal the pain of his humiliation was to punish her for the crime of leaving him . |