Example sentences of "[pron] was [v-ing] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was kidding myself for such a long time I began to ignore the risks . |
| 2 | A few seconds later I was despising myself for having been in any doubt . |
| 3 | Since then , I had managed to film them on their wintering grounds in India , but now I was seeing them for the first time at the other end of the journey . |
| 4 | Well this is , this is why I thought perhaps erm I did n't want to ask Jim too much or he would know I was buying them for him you see . |
| 5 | And it ended up I was buying it for less money than what I was paying monthly for rent . |
| 6 | Erm I 'm not , well I was boiling it for this |
| 7 | ‘ I always fancied my chances of playing against Dublin and so it worked out , but I was taking nothing for granted . |
| 8 | I was keeping it for cleaning the car . |
| 9 | that 's why I was asking them for , I just want to make it plain my Lord |
| 10 | If I 'm caught , I 'll say I was lifting her for myself . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Well — I was thanking Him for you . |
| 12 | I mean , all I use I mean , if I was making them for somebody I would use about four or five layers and then I would put a piece of lace of braid or something at the top |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Except , that , except that of course I was doing everything for everybody . |
| 15 | My family was very very supportive my mum was very happy that I was doing something for myself later on in my life it will help me very much and my husband was very very good . |
| 16 | Well not so much cheaper cos I was most of the time I was doing it for nothing anyway . |
| 17 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 18 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 19 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps she was saving it for you . ’ |
| 21 | She was saving herself for Elder Seth . |
| 22 | She was kicking herself for forgetting the most basic Capricorn trait of allowing nothing to stand in the way of their goal . |
| 23 | No one would have guessed she was wearing it for any other reason . |
| 24 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 25 | I suspect that in the excitement of going on board I hardly realized she was leaving me for good . |
| 26 | She trusted him , for her own part , without reserve or doubt ; but she was trusting him for those who crossed the river and took the risks . |
| 27 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 28 | Can you not see what erm er this woman fainted into my arms and she was embracing me for letting her not take her fall . |
| 29 | She was pressing it for dear life now as if she was in a panic , and she kept her finger on it until , through the glass door , she saw the flicker of a candle weaving its way down through the shop . |
| 30 | Her tail burned like a furnace ; and yet she was presenting it for more torment . |