Example sentences of "be [v-ing] it for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd been using it for the Open . |
| 2 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
| 3 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 4 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 5 | But now they 're filming it for an appreciative video audience |
| 6 | The BBC 's film review programme is 21 years old today — and Barry , 59 , has been presenting it for the last 20 . |
| 7 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 10 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 11 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 12 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 13 | Before leaving he stood for a moment at the door and let his eyes range round the room as if he were seeing it for the first time . |
| 14 | If you were seeing it for the first time , what impressions would you receive ? |
| 15 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 16 | She made it sound as if she were saying it for the first time . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The expletive sounded strange to the sergeant on Blanche 's lips , as if she were hearing it for the first time . |
| 19 | She stood up and looked round the room as though she were leaving it for the last time . |
| 20 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
| 21 | Tank manufacturer Vickers , for example , is using it for a major contract in Africa . |
| 22 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |