Example sentences of "[v-ing] this for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But rather than simply using this for the purpose of political comment in a static model of the communication process , the rationale behind its retention here is that there are real and important differences between these two groups and their relationships , and work , with the media . |
| 2 | Disregarding this for the moment , we write unc and use the above values ; we find unc the solution of which is |
| 3 | Now please do n't think that I 'm saying this for the benefit of somebody else . |
| 4 | Commenting on the compensation award , Mrs Taylor said : ‘ I was not doing this for the money . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 6 | The group 's belief in its own morality : ‘ We are doing this for the benefit of everyone . ’ |
| 7 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 8 | I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |
| 9 | ‘ I would n't have missed doing this for the world , but I would n't sell up for another . |