Example sentences of "doing [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She 'll not likely be doing them for a while . ’ |
| 2 | Meanwhile , single mothers will sit and watch the TV and watch the advertisements which all show either happy couples or one single person doing something for an unseen other : ironing his shirts , organising their mortgage , driving his Audi to visit her . |
| 3 | And they 're doing her for a road traffic accident at Morrow Road when Simon the bike . |
| 4 | ‘ I used to do a lot of home brewing and going round beer festivals gave me the idea of doing it for a living . |
| 5 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 6 | A good A&R Manager can earn sixty or seventy grand , whilst successful A&R Directors can earn upwards of a hundred grand and considerably more if they 've been doing it for a while . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't see myself doing it for a long time . |
| 8 | That 's what I said Norman , women have been doing it for a lot longer . |
| 9 | They 're doing it for a dictionary for erm sch for students . |
| 10 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 11 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
| 12 | I mean I ai n't doing it for a whole week . |
| 13 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 14 | that is something that 'd happened all of a sudden , of about four throughout the cou , well three at the time throughout the country have suddenly gone like it within about a month or so of each other , and they 've never had any trouble before , but I was talking to Brian and he said that 's a load of cobblers , he says it 's been doing it for a long time and there 's loads of them doing it . |
| 15 | I do n't know , but she 's been doing it for a while . |
| 16 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
| 17 | you know after he gets out from here on a temporary basis sort of thing , so that erm Christopher says he 's gon na be doing it for a year this lecturing , but it 's very nice for him because he 'll be able to contact him and Bob will help him if it 's necessary |
| 18 | No , I 'm doing it for A level . |
| 19 | The thing is they wo n't be going shopping , they wo n't be doing anything for a long time and she 's |