Example sentences of "[be] doing [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 2 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 4 | fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping . |
| 5 | ‘ We 're doing them a favour because legislation will catch up with them in the end . |
| 6 | A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves . |
| 7 | Erm we 're doing something a little bit more sophisticated . |
| 8 | We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour . |
| 9 | We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour . |
| 10 | Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’ |
| 11 | The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven . |
| 12 | I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim . |
| 13 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 14 | this boy who 'd been doing it a few years . |
| 15 | I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month . |
| 16 | You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’ |
| 17 | Again , you are on subjective grounds , but by just about any objective industry standard , Trantec are doing themselves a disservice paying for full pages for those ads . |
| 18 | If we provide teachers with only one method , we are doing them a disservice . |
| 19 | You 'd be doing me a favour . |
| 20 | They were supposed to be doing me a favour , giving me that work , four and a half yards . |
| 21 | If you can procur [ sic ] me any porters for this , the finest and most perfect work I have yet attempted , you will be doing me a real kindness ; you are aware that neither pains or expense will be spared to render it complete . ’ |
| 22 | Anyway , I really do need to catch up on some paperwork , so you 'd be doing me a favour . ’ |
| 23 | But meantime you 'd be doing me a favour if you did n't ring them either . |
| 24 | You will , however , be doing them a service if you collect your specimens from a field about to be cut for hay , from a hedgerow bordering a field about to be sprayed or a site being cleared for building work . |
| 25 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 26 | So far as I can see , we 'd be doing him a favour . ’ |
| 27 | I may , of course , be doing him a massive injustice . |
| 28 | But sometimes it is disturbing to mothers , so if you feel uncomfortable about it you can try giving him a toy to hold while he 's on the toilet seat ’ ; and in general : ‘ If you take it easy in caring for your baby , you will be doing him a great service . ’ |
| 29 | That way you 'll be doing him a favour . " |
| 30 | You 'll be doing him a favour , she 'd thought , and so as he wandered past the kitchen on a mid-afternoon stroll she crept up behind him and grabbed him by the neck . |