Example sentences of "be do [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ She 'll not likely be doing them for a while . ’ |
2 | Others may be doing it for him . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | ‘ I do n't like living like this , but I will be doing it for ever . |
5 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
6 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | this time next year , yes I think we 'll be doing it for everything . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Because I 'll be doing it for the rest of my life now . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I would only be doing it for you ! ’ |
13 | I mean we should be doing it for should n't we ? |
14 | 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 |