Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] it for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 2 | Because i in , in theory presumably they s they should n't have been abusing their position , they should n't be gaining more because the whole point was to do it for the masses particularly , I mean if you were a Party cadre erm you should n't be getting more out of it than anybody else . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 5 | He was raising it for a second hit when Nancy rushed forward and , seizing the piece of wood , threw it into the fire . |