Example sentences of "[pron] be [v-ing] [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am taking responsibility for my life . |
| 2 | I am raising money for him at the moment . |
| 3 | And , while her hopes dropped down to basement level , ‘ Now , ’ he added , ‘ I 'm taking Azor for his walk . ’ |
| 4 | I 'M DOING IT FOR YOU MICHAEL |
| 5 | It has to be remembered that India and many countries of the Far East had appalling economic and social problems , not the least of which was providing food for their expanding populations . |
| 6 | ‘ Mrs Choak , how long have you been keeping house for your brother ? ’ |
| 7 | But if you 're playing guitar for your own personal pleasure , which many of us do , then you want the guitar to talk to you — not to some non-existent person sitting fifteen feet away . |
| 8 | He has picked her up , lied to her , manipulated her insecurity and ignorance , and she is asking forgiveness for her lack of appreciation . |
| 9 | The person who acts like a chicken or conducts an orchestra for the stage hypnotist may be play acting , or he may genuinely feel that it is the hypnotist , not himself , who is taking responsibility for his actions . |
| 10 | The teacher turned up at the police station at eight the next morning to tell me she was taking responsibility for my daughter . |
| 11 | She 'd imagined the woman would have wanted to accompany Héloise de Rochefort to the private and expensive clinic in Switzerland where she was having treatment for her nerves . |
| 12 | William of Malmesbury , who was collecting material for his histories at Canterbury at this time , put the news of their discovery into his Gesta Regum , and inserted the complete texts under the year 1072 into his slightly later Gesta Pontificum . |
| 13 | She said they 're getting money for nothing ! |
| 14 | ‘ Unfortunately they 're demanding payment for their services . ’ |
| 15 | No longer were people in small communities sharing the necessities of life , but they were using money for everything . |
| 16 | She had been his nurse when he was a little boy , she had told Sally-Anne when they were preparing dinner for him one evening . |
| 17 | It 's making work for everybody . |
| 18 | If you are stuck in a boring job , concentrate on the fact that it is providing money for your needs and your pleasures and that it gives you a measure of independence . |
| 19 | Defence counsel Roger Eastman was awarded costs on behalf of the Marquis who was n't in court because he 's undergoing treatmnent for his drugs problem . |
| 20 | He escaped a prison sentence after magistrates heard he was seeking help for his drink problem . |
| 21 | Every penny he was paying he was having grant for it from the government Aye . |