Example sentences of "[v-ing] it for [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 2 | My grandfather saying that everything was going downhill , my grandmother talking of progress , but neither expecting it for that year or the next , they did n't dream of real change , not in their lifetime nor their children 's . |
| 3 | I goes er oh , I 'm recording it for this thing and she goes , oh yeah my big head ! |
| 4 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 5 | I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it . |
| 6 | A motion of censure on the government , reproaching it for economic incompetence and for promoting " anti-popular " and " antisocial " policies , was tabled by the four opposition parties on May 14 , reportedly the first such motion in the parliament 's history , but was defeated by 200 votes to 83 . |
| 7 | We 've just been going on timing it for one minute or something . |