Example sentences of "be [v-ing] this for " in BNC.
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| 1 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're doing this for Fudge and Roz down here . |
| 3 | ‘ It is interesting that a major conservation charity like the Trust has been served with a writ now , when we have been doing this for 30 years at Blickling , ’ he added . |
| 4 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 5 | I have been doing this for over ten years . |
| 6 | Keyboard players have been doing this for years , but it 's a revelation to most guitarists . |
| 7 | Probably , most people have been doing this for ages , but I ca n't remember seeing it , so if it helps anyone , great . |
| 8 | I 've been doing this for around six years now . |
| 9 | They have apparently been doing this for some time . |
| 10 | I have been doing this for the past 15 years . |
| 11 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
| 12 | Frankly , I 'd respond more if a chap came up to me and said , ‘ Look here , we 've been doing this for rather a long time now and we find that this way seems to bring the best results . ’ ’ |
| 13 | Now now we 've been doing this for twenty years and I 've got a I 've got a feel for |
| 14 | We 've been doing this for sometime , it does n't really seem to have taken too much effect , now at the moment we 've been channelling everything through Julian and Jonathan . |
| 15 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
| 16 | That to be honest is , is somebody who 's like , been doing this for ten years and has already got themselves like half a million pounds of worth of equity . |
| 17 | But he 's not the sort of person that 'll say ah yeah we 've been doing this for a little while , why do n't we just take off and go somewhere and fuck it , fuck it , let's just go and do something together he 's the sort of person that they would settle down into this safe little life and , which would n't actually be that safe for Vanessa , it 'd be very very you know , much what Dangerous wants to do . |
| 18 | Now you 've been doing this for 25 years , that 's quite a long stint is n't it ? |
| 19 | It is all too easy for the Germans to accept the glib axiom that whatever is good for Germany is good for Europe , and the ‘ European ’ gloss may permit them to pursue their own interests while trying to convince others , and even perhaps convincing themselves , that they are doing this for Europe . |
| 20 | The group 's belief in its own morality : ‘ We are doing this for the benefit of everyone . ’ |
| 21 | We are doing this for the right reasons . ’ |
| 22 | Then place a nearly-full pack of cards out on a table or , if you are performing this for a number of children , on a board with the cards lightly attached to it with scotch tape . |
| 23 | Millions of parents have been saying this for months . |
| 24 | Has not the time come at last — some of us have been saying this for a long time — for my right hon. Friend , or his successor , to consider seriously the alternative policy that many have advocated : administrative devolution , or short-term integration ? |
| 25 | And I think Peter 's been saying this for almost well since he 's come back anyway that , I ca n't work because the stock figures have not been updated . |
| 26 | ‘ Please be stamping this for me , Highness . ’ |
| 27 | I 'll be keeping this for the next few days with me looking after it . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm doin' this for your sake . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm going to be doing this for the rest of my life if I 'm not careful , ’ she told me one day . |
| 30 | By the end of the decade , all will want to be doing this for their main cars in America and Europe . |