Example sentences of "[be] [pron] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Am I to spend it for your pleasure or my own ? ’ |
2 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
3 | ‘ So in about ten months we 'd have him out and around , or else what am I paying you for ? ’ |
4 | What are you holding it for ? |
5 | Are you are you leaving it for a day and then trying to integrate them ? |
6 | What are you using them for ? |
7 | What are you telling me for ? |
8 | Well what are you reading it for ? |
9 | Are you paying me for that ? ’ |
10 | So I thought , What are you asking me for ? |
11 | Oh , well what are you asking me for ? |
12 | Are you condemning me for that ? ’ |
13 | ‘ Are you joining us for a swim ? ’ asked David in a loud voice . |
14 | ‘ What are you doing it for ? ’ |
15 | What are you doing it for ? |
16 | Oh aye but what are you doing it for ? |
17 | Two of the intrepid cyclists are Steve Robson and Ian Connell ; Steve , what are you doing it for ? |
18 | What are they doing it for ? |
19 | I would not tell you , even were you to dismiss me for it . ’ |
20 | Here 's me taking you for a prancing little parson when all the while the cloth is a covering for a frustrated sex maniac . ’ |
21 | Asking her what 's she doing it for ? |
22 | ‘ What in heck is she wearing it for anyway , Pa ? ’ |
23 | What 's he flogging it for ? |
24 | ‘ Trouble is he sells 'em for nowt an ’ all . ’ |
25 | Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . |
26 | Although these children were potentially a lot more intelligent than the rest of society , they still feared something and this is what suppressed them for a longer period of time . |
27 | There was nothing to stop them for , and the brush-off had at least been done politely . |
28 | Right well what was I doing it for ? |
29 | Constance looked at her aunt — was she blaming her for Nora 's lonely last years ? |
30 | ‘ Was she asking you for money ? ’ |