Example sentences of "be [v-ing] it for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I use a small piece of putty over the nozzle for speed and short-term storage ; but if I 'm not going to be using it for a while , I take the top off and place a small piece of Clingfilm over the bottle , then screw the top back on again . |
| 2 | The first customers for the new service will be using it for a variety of applications . |
| 3 | Fibre-optic broadcaster WilTel Corp will be using it for transmitting television programmes as will Vyvx Inc , which also provides videoconferencing , production and editing facilities to over 65 US cities . |
| 4 | Now one of the things th we find that when we play an Adam Faith record , we tend to be singing it for the rest of the day you know , like What Do You Want |
| 5 | ‘ What will you be wanting it for ? ’ he inquired . |
| 6 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 7 | Now , though , comes the word that Confederacy is being developed by Ivan Reitman — coming up soon in Ghostbusters II , which he also wrote — and if all goes well , he will be directing it for 20th Century Fox . |
| 8 | Others may be doing it for him . |
| 9 | He seemed likely to be doing it for quite some time to come as , rather than actually having an election , it is more a case of finding someone willing to take on the job . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't like living like this , but I will be doing it for ever . |
| 11 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 12 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 13 | Or he may know exactly what he 's doing — and be doing it for reasons his companions know nothing of , his meaning anything but benevolent . |
| 14 | this time next year , yes I think we 'll be doing it for everything . |
| 15 | But then he knew he would n't , because he would be doing it for just that reason even if he really preferred tea with lemon . |
| 16 | Because I 'll be doing it for the rest of my life now . |
| 17 | It 's a little like listening to those debates in parliament where parliament vote themselves extra salaries and I feel very uncomfortable in this process , I thought I might be coming here this morning to disagree with my own group , or those members of them that do n't agree with me , perhaps joined with the conservatives in opposing this motion , but I find in fact that everybody is saying oh let's put up the er , the heading , I feel very uncomfortable with this having spent six months in the budget review , criticising officers up hill and down dale every time that they exceeded their budget , having told them that either they balance their budget or that they came in next year with a budget with no more than a one and a half percent increase , or their successors would be doing it for us . |
| 18 | I would only be doing it for you ! ’ |
| 19 | I mean we should be doing it for should n't we ? |
| 20 | you know after he gets out from here on a temporary basis sort of thing , so that erm Christopher says he 's gon na be doing it for a year this lecturing , but it 's very nice for him because he 'll be able to contact him and Bob will help him if it 's necessary |
| 21 | The limelight cast on NT-on-Alpha and the number of adjectives spent on it this week is expected to have a negative , if not fatal impact on the rickety ACE Initiative , whose founders , including Compaq and SCO , are perceived to be abandoning it for greener pastures , despite claims to the contrary . |
| 22 | ( But , thought Alice , he would not be abandoning it for long ! ) |
| 23 | But you may be spoiling it for yourself . |
| 24 | But if you had your name and year at the top you could actually put a simple statement along the bottom because you 'll only be issuing it for year nine |
| 25 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 26 | But the British Menopause Society is warning that many of them might not be taking it for long enough . |
| 27 | You seemed to be taking it for granted , ’ she pointed out . |
| 28 | I do n't think we will be needing it for a while . ’ |
| 29 | I 'll be needing it for the rest of the day , ’ Bishop said . |
| 30 | ‘ But if it 's the giants you 're wanting to fool , then it 'd be the grand old Draoicht Suan , ’ said Pumlumon , and the Gnomes nodded sagely and said that would be it , the Draoicht Suan it would be , the spell that had kept the Trees fast asleep for so many years now , and was n't it a powerful strong spell and Pumlumon the fellow to be spinning it for them all ? |