Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 2 | Finally , I read yesterday that some managers , most noticably the two Scots that were in Wembley at the weekend , are talking about banning transfers after the season start and only allowing them for a limited period over Christmas . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , but that was when I was only pumping you for information , not giving it to you . |
| 4 | The real question in each such case is ‘ Does the patient really mean what he says or is he merely saying it for a quiet life , to satisfy someone else or because the advice and persuasion to which he has been subjected is such that he can no longer think and decide for himself ? ’ |
| 5 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 6 | What are they all doing it for ? |
| 7 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 8 | Do n't worry , no one is going to ever check up on you , you are only doing it for yourself . |
| 9 | We 're only doing it for and . |
| 10 | ‘ You were only doing it for yourself , using it as an excuse to go back in time and relive old memories . ’ |
| 11 | Well , I 'm only doing it for your own good . |
| 12 | He smiled tenderly , and the knowledge that he was only doing it for the benefit of anyone who might be watching sliced deep into the very heart of her . |
| 13 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 14 | Well I mean you 're only doing it for him really are n't you , that 's the idea was to help him |
| 15 | He 's only doing it for my own good but I still do n't like it . |
| 16 | Has he any idea , she was wondering , that that woman is only marrying him for his money ? |
| 17 | As you yourself so candidly pointed out , she was only marrying me for my money — and , of course , to get out of a fix . ’ |
| 18 | Are you aware she 's only marrying you for your money ? |
| 19 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course , we have to make sure they are not just using us for cannon fodder , ’ she says . |
| 21 | I was just keeping it for wee Jonathan . |
| 22 | They went away thanking her for her help , and promised to come back in a few weeks ' time when Bruno 's booster injection was due . |
| 23 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 24 | This is just asking us for permission for them to apply for planning permission . |
| 25 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 26 | At A level , I toyed with the idea of doing physics , maths and English , and if I was just doing it for pure enjoyment I would have done it at that stage . |
| 27 | Th we must be able to learn from this period , particularly a partial austerity mm but these events are sound events in themselves and that we 're not just doing it for the sake of the sponsor or attracting a sponsor and that it 's not , in itself , completely necessary to have a sponsor otherwise the competition would n't exist . |
| 28 | He was n't just doing it for himself any more . ’ |
| 29 | And they 're not just doing it for the money because , you know , if you just sort of give them a mundane task like trolleys for example , they 're banging on the door , you know , when can I get off this , when am I going to get some responsibility . |
| 30 | Yeah and you wo n't if , do you , wo n't have to tell 'em what you 're getting for doing it , you 're just , you 're just doing it for interest so to speak |