Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] that for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of claims that the relationship was one of passionate intimacy , the brigadier said : ‘ They have been suggesting that for some time . |
| 2 | Institute Council member Douglas Llambias said the fine ‘ was out of all proportion to a guilty verdict ’ , and added that if the fines were capped , ‘ we should have been publicising that for the last 12 months . |
| 3 | Oh aye , cos you 're saving that for Mary ? |
| 4 | Well he should change his jumper , he 's been wearing that for about two weeks now . |
| 5 | By the time they met , Leonard was indeed pushing hard at the doors of his own individuality — in one sense he had been doing that for years . |
| 6 | I 've been doing that for a long , long time . |
| 7 | ‘ On things like consulting with patients and carers — we 've been doing that for years . ’ |
| 8 | I thought you 'd been doing that for the thirty whatsit of July . |
| 9 | Yeah , and you 've been doing that for many many years , English |
| 10 | They 've been doing that for a they take it from and they put it in cheap cheap labour . |
| 11 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
| 12 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 13 | Female nurturing is presented as the solution to male violence — as though women have n't been doing that for centuries . |
| 14 | I mean I 've been doing that for ever since we 've been on . |
| 15 | I know they 've been doing that for ages . |
| 16 | But they have been saying that for 20 years . |
| 17 | What you saying that for Jed , how long you been saying that for ? |
| 18 | They 've been threatening that for the last fifteen minutes or so . |
| 19 | I happen to drive a very small car er a Fiat one , two , six and you ca n't get much smaller than that and I am much more aggressive when I 'm driving that for the simple reason I think its this sort of principle although I 'm nearly six foot in that I 'm a small person and the small person mentality comes out because I get cut up continuously , they do n't do that when I 'm driving my husband 's car which is a Volvo , er they will cut in front of me , I do n't think they , if they knew what my brakes were like they would n't do it . |
| 20 | for er , I 'm selling that for a hundred and thirty |
| 21 | He 'll be doing that for a day or two , till I can take over my own wavelength completely . |
| 22 | David I do n't suppose you want to be doing that for |
| 23 | In marketing terms it 's a tremendous card to play erm our marketing line in the States was always ‘ we speak your language , a common heritage , a common culture erm almost a common language ’ and erm the special relationship really exits at a time like this to a very marked degree , and we shall be playing that for all it 's worth , certainly . |
| 24 | So we er , we 'll be highlighting that for you later , and er , we 'll be discussing the issues . |
| 25 | And have you been taking that for quite a while ? |
| 26 | I 've been trying that for me stomach since I 've came back |
| 27 | Any new drug in Britain is , every year the G P who 's prescribing that for you gets a letter from a centre down in Southampton to ask if there 've been any adverse reactions . |
| 28 | If she 's getting that for a finger , I 'm gon na see Mr the American , and flog him a policy . |
| 29 | See it 's funny , he used to think all people just , he used to say , oh he 's doing that for show . |
| 30 | if it 's doing that for everyone and there 's a mountain of scrap paper in there |