Example sentences of "she was doing [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 She was doing them for him . ’
2 She was doing nothing at all to help this baby in such distress .
3 She had had no experience of domestic affairs , but she managed well enough , and had the satisfaction of knowing that she was doing something for Susan , after all .
4 For the first time in her life she was doing something for herself ; doing it without help from anyone , and what was more , she was getting it right .
5 she was doing it to Matt like that !
6 She was doing it with her usual spare , economical elegance , but also with the air of one who would rather be doing something else .
7 But she was doing it for their child , and in order to make sure that Angel was happy she needed the Reverend Morey .
8 She was doing it for fun , a one-off comeback to the sport she had come to despise and walked out of five years ago .
9 And yet all her hard work has never been appreciated by those she was doing it for , her stepchildren .
10 She never would say why but I felt almost sure she was doing it against him , either to spite him or to gain his attention .
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