Example sentences of "he [was/were] doing [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière . |
| 2 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 3 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 4 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |
| 5 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |