He fell over himself to be/for being
Do these sentences have the same meaning? If they haven't, please explain why.
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He fell over himself to be as helpful as possible.
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He fell over himself for being as helpful as possible.
Solution 1:
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He fell over himself to be as helpful as possible. = He fell over himself in order to be as helpful as possible.
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He fell over himself for being as helpful as possible. = He fell over himself because he had been as helpful as possible.
The second one does not make a lot of sense.