Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] this for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now please do n't think that I 'm saying this for the benefit of somebody else . |
| 2 | What keeps me going is knowing that I 'm doing this for my children , not out of choice . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm doin' this for your sake . |
| 4 | Well , I was doing this for him in a loving sort of wifely way and he said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I want to get rid of you ’ and I said , ‘ Thank you very much ’ and he said , ‘ Well , finish the trousers and post them on . ’ |
| 5 | Then place a nearly-full pack of cards out on a table or , if you are performing this for a number of children , on a board with the cards lightly attached to it with scotch tape . |
| 6 | We are , we are offering this for our fund |
| 7 | The group 's belief in its own morality : ‘ We are doing this for the benefit of everyone . ’ |
| 8 | We are doing this for the right reasons . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ We 're doing this for Fudge and Roz down here . |
| 10 | It is all too easy for the Germans to accept the glib axiom that whatever is good for Germany is good for Europe , and the ‘ European ’ gloss may permit them to pursue their own interests while trying to convince others , and even perhaps convincing themselves , that they are doing this for Europe . |
| 11 | We soon found that some of them were using this for various extra-curricular activities . |
| 12 | It was quite ridiculous and so very obvious that he was doing this for many dubious reasons of his own . |
| 13 | he was sodding this for a game of soldiers |