Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [pers pn] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now the eight twelves are killing you for the same reason . ’ |
| 32 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 33 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 34 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 35 | 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 . |
| 36 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |