Example sentences of "doing [pron] for the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 2 | I think that 's the voice of conscience and the voice of charity and the voice of doing something for the general good . |
| 3 | Faced with the demise of their traditional courses , and with a government anxious both to increase the skills of the new unemployed young , and to be seen as doing something for the unemployed , colleges responded by mounting a programme of full-time non-vocational , or pre-vocational , courses . |
| 4 | It 's a unique opportunity to do something really strong for the sake of the restoration of my citizenship , while at the same time by that of course I 'm doing something for the human rights of every single citizen in Czechoslovakia . |
| 5 | That younger element , are doing something for the local community . |
| 6 | If they 're doing it for the right reasons , like the lady over there , a loving couple with a child . |
| 7 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 8 | Two occupiers later the turbine is still doing its job and , I 'm sure , with proper maintenance it will continue doing it for the next century . |
| 9 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |
| 10 | And on sex he notes : ‘ The older women are best because they always think they may be doing it for the last time . ’ |