Example sentences of "[be] [verb] it for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 2 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 3 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 4 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | Tank manufacturer Vickers , for example , is using it for a major contract in Africa . |