Example sentences of "you [be] [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long you been taping it for ? |
| 2 | Have you been doing it for many years ? |
| 3 | If it has the Zenith then , if you are leaving it for a long period , try pulling out the choke after it has stopped . |
| 4 | Try looking at people , objects and places as if you are seeing them for the first time without being influenced by what you have known about them in the past . |
| 5 | For me one of the greatest gifts is the ability to look at things as if you are seeing them for the first time . |
| 6 | ‘ You are taking it for granted that when I say ‘ what they like ’ I mean sexual experience . |
| 7 | Make sure that the story you have for them is interesting and if it is merely constituency information , explain that you are providing it for background briefing and that you are not expecting them to publish it . |
| 8 | You are berating them for their audacity . |
| 9 | ‘ You are asking me for money , ’ she said , shocked . |
| 10 | You are doing it for him , are you not ? ’ |
| 11 | But I know only too well that you do not love me , that you are marrying me for Papa 's dollars , and that I can not bear . |
| 12 | No , because right has a tummy bug this week and she did n't phone or nothing like to say I do n't wan na phone Margaret she do n't wan na know so I do n't know why you 're bugging her for ! |
| 13 | ‘ What makes you think you 're taking me for granted ? ’ |
| 14 | You sign this piece of paper , you feel as if you 're scrounging , you 're getting something for nothing . |
| 15 | and you 're calling it for ages but you ca n't go near it cos it will run away and it goes like this to you , it goes |
| 16 | ‘ Often the man is the only breadwinner and without him the family has to rely on state benefits — the social security system can be horrendous if you 're using it for the first time . |
| 17 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
| 18 | The only trouble is with that , if you 're changing it for different albums all the time it can wear out the gears and that . |
| 19 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 21 | Webb is that what you 're asking me for , some webbing ? |
| 22 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea what you 're thanking us for . ’ |
| 23 | And I think that is the message which I want to get over to you , because if you can find that way to tread that difficult line which is there in our society which is over-protective , over-secretive , which is concerned about not not letting people unless they 're of a certain rank , level or certain job , speak out publicly unless you can break through it I think you 're actually , first of all , denying something for yourselves , and that you 're denying something for the public at large . |
| 24 | First , I like her best , I think , and second , you 're paying me for it . ’ |
| 25 | You 're paying him for knowing how to do it . |
| 26 | If you put wellies down you 're blocking him for another turn are n't you ? |
| 27 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
| 28 | Mum , you 're worrying yourself for no reason . |
| 29 | But if you 're doing something for 7,000 , the costs will be more per person per day . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |