Example sentences of "[noun] was doing the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nellie was doing the same at the other side . |
| 2 | Erm what 's his name Alan Titchmarsh was doing the interviewing . |
| 3 | While we were outside , the duty Corporal was doing the rounds of the barrack rooms , checking for cleanliness and tidiness ; every two or three minutes a pair of boots would sail out of the window , or there would be the sound of a locker crashing to the floor . |
| 4 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 5 | If Roger From the Practice was doing the post-mortem , thought Henry , he should be OK . |
| 6 | Steven was doing the front lawn |
| 7 | ‘ You said the wheelbarrow was doing the natural thing — but it was n't falling . ’ |
| 8 | Another pleasure was doing the flowers " , their arrangement in the drawing room , in the morning room , on the dining room table . |
| 9 | Eva was doing the Lord 's will and the Lord would look after her . |
| 10 | Sid Hope was doing the rounds , having a friendly word with those who were late in paying their subscriptions . |
| 11 | but when Pete was doing the sides of the erm lounge and he erm put that coving up |
| 12 | On the part of the Governors ’ ; Sewell was doing the governors ' bidding . |
| 13 | Amusingly , the car is so big that when the team was doing the full-size tape and paint drawings , the normal rolls were not long enough . |
| 14 | The great fun was doing the pulling which seemed to be an essential part of the process . |
| 15 | Their feud was doing the Party no good whatever . |
| 16 | As Ana was doing the same , both Mitch and Felipe looked less than happy . |
| 17 | And finally , it brought on that rich cast of wooden-topped rustics , the Starkadders , with Aunt Ada Doom in the star part , not to speak of the simpleton whose main pleasure in life was doing the washing up , or as he called it , clettering the dishes with his liddle mop . |
| 18 | Steve was doing the right thing ; he was going to marry the woman he loved even though she had a baby by another man , which was a true measure of the depth of his caring . |
| 19 | Now the boy Steve was doing the talking while Lily was listening , and that surprised him . |
| 20 | I started to feel better and Bill was doing the garden . |
| 21 | In a way , the three of them were like moles , digging their way to the surface looking for freedom , coincidentally at the same time that counter-culture was doing the same and searching for heroes . |
| 22 | My impression was that since it was to be held in London , Angela was doing the work , with a good deal of help from colleagues at Yeo Davis . |
| 23 | Susan was doing the washing up and Simon had insisted on helping her |
| 24 | Erm but this is more or less , indigenous within the engineering industry , there is even inherent within an engineering mind , and I 'm not with the planners or the technical experts , but even in the ordinary lay engineer , he looks to be able to do the job more efficiently , with the materials that he has in hand er and possibly introduce a new type of tool if he can get the proper material , and likewise the employer was doing the same thing . |
| 25 | Mrs ze Schluderpacheru was doing the accounts on her musical wrist-calculator , working how out much of her take would have to go to the yaks this quarter . |
| 26 | The Duke of Kent was doing the ribbon-cutting at the National Railway Museum where there are locos by every name except , it seems , his own . |
| 27 | well no cos mum was doing the ironing and how do I get it out if she 's with the ironing ? |
| 28 | Again , Jeremiah was doing the Lord 's work as a servant ; in the passage we heard a few moments ago , he expressed his dismay at the manner in which he was being treated by the people . |
| 29 | He probably did not hear anything until the intruder was doing the bedroom … ’ |
| 30 | Their mother was doing the washing at the same time as putting the baby to sleep . |