Example sentences of "'re [verb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | It 's cos you 're using it for an improper |
| 3 | I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker |
| 4 | ‘ I have n't the faintest idea what you 're thanking us for . ’ |
| 5 | They 're saving them for the Open . ’ |
| 6 | What do you think they 're training you for , Reggie ? ’ |
| 7 | They 're training you for war . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 10 | They 're persecuting us for our beliefs . ’ |
| 11 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 12 | We 're ignoring them for the moment . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
| 15 | You 're paying him for knowing how to do it . |
| 16 | First , I like her best , I think , and second , you 're paying me for it . ’ |
| 17 | They 're paying me for forty hours . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | 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 |
| 20 | The fact that we are providing the services for Wiltshire , that they were providing , and we 're providing them for less money , is surely something to be applauded . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 23 | Webb is that what you 're asking me for , some webbing ? |
| 24 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |
| 25 | As I understand it Chair , what you 're saying is , that there are , at three there is a , a request for an exclusion of press photographers , but the convenience of press photography we 're saying that instead of taking immediately so that we 'd have to call them back here for the even later , we 're asking you for it to be taken at the end with the rest of exclusion |
| 26 | And they 're doing her for a road traffic accident at Morrow Road when Simon the bike . |
| 27 | ‘ You 're doing it for the child she 's foisting on you . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 29 | You an me , the artists , we 're doing it for no-one 's eyes but our own , are n't we ? but while fundamental , as far as the book 's concerned , this is a minor point . |
| 30 | They 're doing it for a dictionary for erm sch for students . |