Example sentences of "[v-ing] it for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strolled to the door , opening it for her , and she glanced at him crossly . |
| 2 | She turned to express some of her thanks to him , but he was already out of the car and round by the passenger door opening it for her . |
| 3 | But the shopman had already bowed as though keeping it for her was all any human being could ask . |
| 4 | I 'm keeping it for him , like . |
| 5 | ‘ I hope someone 's at home videoing it for him . ’ |
| 6 | Or , rather somebody 's signing it for him . |
| 7 | ‘ Perhaps she was saving it for you . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Very likely not , but that does n't dispense me from taking nourishment at regular intervals , nor other people from cooking and serving and ordering it for me . ’ |
| 9 | In effect we 're we 're erm er we 're safeguarding it for you if you want to . |
| 10 | Do n't worry about turning it for me |
| 11 | I like baking it for him ! |
| 12 | He unlocked the car door , holding it for her while she slipped inside with a quiet murmur of thanks . |
| 13 | I 'm holding it for you — ’ |
| 14 | First , most clients tell the solicitor what they want and he sets about getting it for them . |
| 15 | — But do n't take off , mind , while I 'm getting it for you ! ’ |
| 16 | Neil Williams ( see the September issue ) was flying it for him and , the initial tests complete and the aeroplane signed off by Mike Searle , Spencer was ready for his first sortie . |
| 17 | John was just running it for me now so I 'll pick it up on the way home tonight . |
| 18 | I have succeeded in completely bringing back into useful production the seven million unemployed who were so dear to all our own hearts , in keeping the German peasant on his soil despite all difficulties and in rescuing it for him , in attaining the renewed flourishing of German trade , and in tremendously promoting transportation . |
| 19 | You 're not doing it for me , you 're doing it for her . |
| 20 | Doing it for her when I know I already know it . |
| 21 | Well I 'm not doing it for her , she can do it herself . |
| 22 | You 're not doing it for me , you 're doing it for her . |
| 23 | ‘ He 's doing it for me . |
| 24 | Oh right , right , well I have a lady actually round the corner who 's er in the WRAF and er she 's doing it for me , she 's just on three week 's leave at the moment |
| 25 | Well Pat 's doing it for me , well somebody 's doing it for me , so |
| 26 | Well Pat 's doing it for me , well somebody 's doing it for me , so |
| 27 | Others may be doing it for him . |
| 28 | If a patient can not change position at will , the nurse becomes responsible for doing it for him . |
| 29 | But now the passage of the years was doing it for him . |
| 30 | You are doing it for him , are you not ? ’ |