Example sentences of "[pers pn] be doing for [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 Disenchanted with the way society had changed and their own place in it , again like many of their kind , they looked to Hitler as a role model , admired what he was doing for Germany .
2 She was too old for a doll 's house now so it did n't matter , but she hoped he would finish what he was doing for Oliver .
3 He spent all his spare time at the Hampstead house now , not only from a liking for the work he was doing for Paul , and Paul himself , but for the sight , the nearness , of Dinah .
4 After a few drinks Shildon had mentioned the work he was doing for Eliot .
5 In 1947 , in addition to the work he was doing for Lehmann , Minton illustrated two books for Paul Elek — Treasure Island and The Wanderer , an English translation of Alain-Fournier 's Le Grand Meaulnes .
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