Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] it for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In Berry ( No. 2 ) , the applicant , B , had been convicted of making an explosive in circumstances giving rise to the reasonable suspicion that he was not making it for a lawful object . |
| 4 | Benny was about to ask why , but before she could , Ace had produced her blaster and was busily setting it for a narrow beam to cut through the door . |
| 5 | 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 |