Example sentences of "[prep] doing [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had a degree in Romance languages from Wellesley and after doing her postgraduate work at the Sorbonne she had travelled extensively across Europe before returning to the States where she was recruited by the FBI , specializing in the use of firearms . |
| 2 | Her new way of doing her hair : waved and brushed back high from her forehead — so much better than last year 's fringe . |
| 3 | She was just in the middle of doing her hair when she heard a light tap at the door , followed by the sound of Candy 's voice . |
| 4 | Of doing her duty as a citizen or as a mother . |
| 5 | Managers tend to cross boundaries and share knowledge far more in the normal course of doing their work where the quite rational anxieties induced by more explicitly ‘ face-threatening ’ systems are present ( Kagono et al. , 1985 : 116 ) . |
| 6 | Saddam Hussein delivered a speech on March 26 at the ceremony to swear in the new Council of Ministers in which he acknowledged that the forthcoming period would be a difficult one for the new ministers ; he said that they would be given between four and six months to demonstrate whether or not they were capable of doing their job properly . |
| 7 | Equality of opportunity — the idea that everybody should have a fair chance of doing themselves justice — is a notion that has been at the basis of public provision of education and indeed of much educational charity for a long time indeed . |
| 8 | Thereafter D'Ewes accused him of doing his utmost to ‘ kindle a fire ’ between England and Scotland and to hinder a church settlement on Presbyterian lines . |
| 9 | But time passed and , to everyone 's embarrassment , Mr Haughey showed no sign of doing his bit . |
| 10 | Cedric , on the other band , though obviously delighted to meet her , gave no hint of doing his part , After sniffing her over , he danced around her a few times , goofy-faced , tongue lolling . |
| 11 | Which was true , though that morning , as he had spied on the French , Sharpe had recognized in himself the undeniable pleasure of doing his job well . |
| 12 | That 's a great benefit of doing it sort of erm nationally . |
| 13 | I felt transformed into a person who was incapable of doing anything base or unloving . ’ |
| 14 | Alfie was fond of doing our job for us . |
| 15 | The idea of doing our duty is deeply ingrained in most people , and we tend to forget that children do not come into the world armed with standards of moral and social behaviour . |
| 16 | The sergeant felt uncomfortable , as if the millionaire was trying to possess them through his unwavering stare , attempting to inveigle them into doing his will . |
| 17 | Even those who are acutely aware of these constraints have to be content with doing their job to the best of their ability , although they may be aware of the probable shortfall in impact of the whole project . |
| 18 | Exactly yes we 'll take a breathing space until the new year I mean Neil says that at the moment he 'd be quite happy to get into a job where if he was a good worker he could progress in the job and I said an what about doing your radio repairs in the evening , but he just , he said yes . |
| 19 | He simply absents himself if he feels the programme to be wrong , and his self-discipline is unswerving about doing his homework , and knowing his own way forward . |
| 20 | She would have a new dress for Sundays , which next year became an afternoon dress , and the next was worn in the mornings for doing her housework . |
| 21 | Feeling restless and irritable and in no mood for doing her ironing , she pulled the plug out with an angry little jerk . |
| 22 | On a Thursday there was invariably some instruction about the lunch she 'd left him , since Thursday was her day for doing her charity with the elderly . |
| 23 | Yeah , you 'll have to let Stacey in the middle for doing her spelling |
| 24 | herself , so she 'll get her own money plus ninety eight quid for doing my round for two days |
| 25 | So I could write out a cheque saying paid Carl sixty pounds for doing my car . |
| 26 | Some 84 organisations took part ( our thanks to Stephanie O'Keefe for doing our display ) and about £900 was raised for Christian Aid , as compared to £661 last year . |
| 27 | Yeah , that was for doing your washing |
| 28 | That 's for doing your washing oh you , washing , what bloody you 'll . |
| 29 | Say give our our some money for doing me hair . |
| 30 | Quite a big book that I could use for doing me homework . |