Example sentences of "[pron] [be] doing [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 2 | I am doing that more and more now when I am stretched and I think I am improving in that area . ’ |
| 3 | My dealer says I am doing all the right things and that it 's fairly usual to lose fish with a new tank . |
| 4 | Rest assured I am doing all I can . |
| 5 | She lowered her voice , half glancing at Gilbert , ‘ I am doing all I can , here , of course . |
| 6 | ‘ I am doing this in the interest of the great majority of our people , ’ she said . |
| 7 | I am doing this because I think I ought to and am in the position to do so . ’ |
| 8 | And although the sub-text of my increasing thinness ( which I chose to ignore ) read , ‘ I am doing this because I feel so helpless that not even my own body belongs to me ’ , the apparent text read to me , and increasingly to others , ‘ My body is my own and I can do what I like with it . ’ |
| 9 | I am doing this without glasses , and what is so marvellous is that I can play the piano without glasses for the first time for at least 12 years . |
| 10 | I am doing this honestly |
| 11 | I am doing some special strengthening work that has been recommended and that hopefully will bring about recovery and will make surgery unnecessary . |
| 12 | I am doing some part-time and short-term work for a charity — difficult on lots of scores ( ! ) . |
| 13 | I am doing some freelance part-time work for the the overall personal situation is far from satisfactory . |
| 14 | But would I be doing more than playing with words which sound agreeable to me , ‘ dignity ’ , ‘ freedom ’ , ‘ responsibility ’ , to describe what could still just as well be called nihilism ? |
| 15 | His tone is friendly but the questions are direct : where I 've been , who I 've talked to , what I 'm doing that day . |
| 16 | ‘ But my intention is to make money and I 'm doing that rather well with the WBO . ’ |
| 17 | And while I 'm doing that , the two bucks are pushing past me into the room and they 've got his shirt open and they 're really doing a number on him . |
| 18 | If , while I 'm doing that , I see the chance to help Ana then I will , for her sake , not yours . |
| 19 | I 'm doing that computer course in the spring . |
| 20 | I 'm doing that talking to you look for Jim Bowen 's mobile phone number so I thought we 'd give him a ring that 'll surprise him wont it ? |
| 21 | I 'm doing that as well . |
| 22 | Right okay what I this will be the first time I 've had a look at er a little bit more of your background so erm while I 'm doing that , although you may have already inside information , I I guess you 'd seen the brochure before had you ? |
| 23 | I 'm doing that I upstairs . |
| 24 | I 'm doing that all the time . |
| 25 | Well I 'm doing that all the time , I 'm doing it with you my love . |
| 26 | so I 've decided I 'm going to do erm something called Sunshine Chicken , which is just chicken e , chicken casserole , a bit different , she does n't drink alcohol so I ca n't do anything in wine , erm so I 'm doing that , I 'm doing four portions of chicken of that cos the daughter eats chicken , erm |
| 27 | So you can actually say I need help , and he can actually say I 'll give you this help , I want you to be doing this while you 're doing this , I 'm doing that , and we 'll do that on a regular monthly basis . |
| 28 | But erm I need to get some rope cos I 'm doing , finally I 'm doing that act for my cousin 's birthday who 's nearly two |
| 29 | Yes , but do n't say it as if I 'm doing that . |
| 30 | I 'm doing all this the wrong way , I know . |