Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] it for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 2 | I was only doing it for the money . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 5 | ‘ I am not saving it for the Tour de France . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I ‘ m not doing it for the money . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not doing it for the money , ’ said the new Bob . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Just doing it for the week . |
| 12 | Although she has been teaching now for some eight years , on and off , although she enjoys it , feels she is good at it , and would like to go on doing it for the rest of her life if possible , she always feels a twinge of anxiety at the beginning of a new term . |
| 13 | And were the Brodskys simply slumming it for the sake of a little pop action ? |
| 14 | er my Lord it was n't , I was n't raising it for the purpose of your Lordship mentioned , er namely er er about er contingency fund , though indeed will be entitled to that , I raised a question of the minute , the board minute , to do with the concerned with Mr rest of the meeting about the placement |