Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You were only doing it for yourself , using it as an excuse to go back in time and relive old memories . ’ |
| 2 | Progressives and reformers never captured the movies ; they merely influenced them in a particular direction , a direction that the producers would appear to be following closely whereas in fact they were really using it for their own ends . |
| 3 | As you yourself so candidly pointed out , she was only marrying me for my money — and , of course , to get out of a fix . ’ |
| 4 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 5 | Account executives at the insurer , who monitor its agents , had Wright marked down as a man with constant cash flow problems — he was always hassling them for his commission . |
| 6 | I realised that I was still blaming you for what Cherith did to me . |