Example sentences of "[modal v] be doing this " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's ever so easy for somebody to sit at home and say well you should be doing this and you should be doing that |
| 2 | She did not understand why they should be doing this and her failure to understand reminded her of something . |
| 3 | She thought of what her colleagues and students might be doing this Wednesday morning — earnestly discussing the poetry of John Donne or the novels of Jane Austen or the nature of modernism , in centrally heated , carpeted rooms . |
| 4 | Questions such as , ‘ Do you feel that you might be doing this in order to produce this kind of feeling or situation ? ’ , can lead counsellees to a re-examination of their motives . |
| 5 | Now you 'll be doing this before Christmas , and what it is is there , there are lots of different categories we can use but the standard one is dividing the population into six distinct categories . |
| 6 | What do you think you 'll be doing this time next year ? |
| 7 | It was unfair and wrong that life could be doing this to her ; she needed her son and he needed to be here . |
| 8 | I could be doing this with the mouse but . |
| 9 | Allowing giving them time , I mean maybe this is what we should be , you know , hopefully we 'd be doing this anyway , but just using what we use in our family anyway to talk to , you know , as them questions . |
| 10 | I reminded her that , since she would be doing this under hypnosis , it was still possible to use the detachment technique if I thought she was becoming distressed in any way . |
| 11 | He denied UI would be doing this to appease SunSoft and others reportedly unhappy about the situation , and refuted suggestions that SunSoft wants UI 's commitment to use other suppliers and non-USL technologies as a pre-requisite for it signing off on the ABI effort . |
| 12 | What sort of person would she have been , I 'm I 'm wondering whether she would be doing this for money or was she be doing it because she really cared about people . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , that 's an artful way to get me to wait on you , ’ interrupted Sally-Anne frankly , ‘ and I suppose , since you are so cunning , and I am dying for a drink , you might have your way — perhaps a bonus on my wages might be an idea , seeing that I shall be doing this out of hours . ’ |
| 14 | It is highly unlikely that you will be doing this around January but diaries are available from many stores at most times of the year . |
| 15 | How many Masai will be doing this in twenty years ’ time ? |
| 16 | We have a different role , but nevertheless and even , an important one is perhaps in even looking further ahead than the Emergency Planning and therefore I would support er in being brief I would support very much erm Mr 's er motion if you can call it a motion which has been seconded and I hope that other members will will agree that erm we can pass this on to the Chief Executive who obviously will be doing this in any case , but it would give er a a an added er measure if you like er I 'm talking in terms of member involvement in pressing for er a wider look of what has happened after this sad flood has been dealt with . |
| 17 | Who can be doing this ? |