Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's been secretly watching me for nearly two years . |
| 2 | Do n't worry , no one is going to ever check up on you , you are only doing it for yourself . |
| 3 | We 're only doing it for and . |
| 4 | Well this is alright , but we 're only doing it for the beneficiaries int you ? |
| 5 | Well I mean you 're only doing it for him really are n't you , that 's the idea was to help him |
| 6 | and they 're only saying it for the sake of keeping going . |
| 7 | Other negatives were Gareth Burnells 's ‘ No , mate , I do n't think there 's any particular dispute over this stretch of the Derwent , ’ and Neil Newton Taylor 's ‘ No , we 're just taking them for a walk' ’ on a picture postcard of Cauldron Snout . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ We 're still developing it for use with seedlings and delicate plants , ’ says Stuart , ‘ but we 're certain it has tremendous potential . ’ |
| 10 | Charlie Chaplin 's silent black and white movies captivated the world in the early part of the century … and they 're still doing it for a new generation coming through . |
| 11 | So they they 're actually asking us for five hundred and ninety five pounds . |
| 12 | MUSICIANS from a Merseyside orchestra are really knocking 'em for six . |
| 13 | Having bought it back from him , they are now offering it for £1.6 million . |
| 14 | Well , I 'm only doing it for your own good . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , do n't go on at me , I 'm just telling you for your own sake . |
| 16 | Just an empty box John but I 'm probably keeping it for erm |
| 17 | If anything , the big Citroen 's styling leans more towards the quirky camp — there 'll be no mistaking it for anything else on the road , love it or hate it . |
| 18 | ‘ You were only doing it for yourself , using it as an excuse to go back in time and relive old memories . ’ |
| 19 | According to a report in the Far Eastern Economic Review of Nov. 19 , Mahathir 's position was not being directly challenged , but many senior UMNO leaders were nevertheless positioning themselves for a future succession battle . |
| 20 | Progressives and reformers never captured the movies ; they merely influenced them in a particular direction , a direction that the producers would appear to be following closely whereas in fact they were really using it for their own ends . |
| 21 | An aggressive mob of youngsters had been closely dogging us for some time and , emboldened by our apparent failure to notice them or to quicken our pace , had begun throwing stones . |
| 22 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 23 | Are you aware she 's only marrying you for your money ? |
| 24 | He 's only doing it for my own good but I still do n't like it . |
| 25 | Has he any idea , she was wondering , that that woman is only marrying him for his money ? |
| 26 | This is because the horse is physically preparing himself for action — running , fighting , playing , courtship etc . |
| 27 | This is just asking us for permission for them to apply for planning permission . |
| 28 | ‘ We 've got the school Nativity play , ’ said George , ‘ and Miss Thorne is already producing something for the Women 's Guild . ’ |
| 29 | Well , what is a man to do , deprived at a stroke of his habitual daily employment for forty years and living for the first time with his widowed younger sister who is always surveying him for signs of disorder , be they physical , emotional or sartorial , and nagging him about unpunctuality for meals . |
| 30 | Smith is still taking nothing for granted — he 's had the Danish champions watched five times . |