Example sentences of "they be [v-ing] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They are doing it for you and the children. : This must have saved a lot of misery , as she was really listened to . |
| 2 | Below the surface there lies , for many teachers , a nagging sense of doubt and confusion about what they are doing , what they ought to be doing and what they are doing it for . |
| 3 | If they 've got any sense at all they should be I mean they 're getting it for free except for the telephone calls you might use |
| 4 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 5 | I mentioned to Ewen that I still had some ( I told him 10 , but it appears to be only 8 ) copies left of GGE , and yesterday I approached Bargain Books on Princes Street , where I see they 're selling it for £6 , in the hope that I might add my copies to their stock and get a cheque for you . |
| 6 | They 're doing it for a dictionary for erm sch for students . |
| 7 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 8 | Is that what they 're doing it for ? |
| 9 | No , cos they 're doing it for all , they 're all doing for all over different places anyway . |
| 10 | Yes , I think they tend to say they 're doing it for you . |
| 11 | I mean they 're not doing their own housework or clearing up their own rubbish , they 're doing it for you . |
| 12 | But now they 're filming it for an appreciative video audience |
| 13 | That being so , it is also likely that they were building it for the same military purpose . |
| 14 | That is , they were conscious of the rule , and rather than following it out of obligation , they were using it for their own benefit , as a sort of ‘ officializing ’ or ‘ universalizing ’ strategy in order to ‘ cloak themselves in legitimation ’ . |
| 15 | That was a great week because they felt they were getting it for nothing , till it come to the end of the quarter and then they had to pay it . |
| 16 | They were doing it for Roberto , he was such a lovable character . |
| 17 | And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better . |
| 18 | Strong opposition to such Assemblies was silenced by a very modern excuse — they were doing it for Charity . |
| 19 | I wondered if they passed that Trade Union ( positive vetting ) file over to someone else or whether they were keeping it for my return . |
| 20 | HE : Anyone would think they were cutting it for coal-heavers ( pause ) or stonebreakers . |