Example sentences of "[prep] doing [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was not prepared to take the pain of doing it all again and now the krone is floating free in Europe 's outer space just like the pound . |
| 2 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |
| 3 | But while some reasons favour monthly payments and others favour quarterly ones , neither is sufficient to establish the superiority of doing it one way rather than the other . |
| 4 | I had every intention of doing it this morning . |
| 5 | Do n't let them talk you into doing it any other way , I 'm not having anything kinky . |
| 6 | If a man lies on the ball and is given a good rucking he will think twice about doing it next time . |
| 7 | ‘ We were a bit nervous about doing it this year because of the recession but we are getting 5,000–7,000 calls every day , ’ she said . |
| 8 | Erm and basically er the , the reason for doing it that way is that erm , I do n't want to set up a situation where erm I 'm some sort of expert and I er this is not a matching process , okay ? |
| 9 | It would be better for doing it this way . |
| 10 | Cos they do n't actually , if you do something like that , say you put plus five , minus five and then sit down and , you 're the one that plus three and minus three you do n't actually lose marks doing something wrong , you can not be penalised for doing it wrong , you can only gain credit for doing something right , because they 'll , give you five marks to doing that bit right and then knock three off for doing something else wrong , they , they would never give you penalty marks , they will only credit for doing things right , but so often it 's quite like down as you want , you ca n't . |
| 11 | I hope granddad do n't collect no more of these bingo cards I 'll never get through doing them all each week for him , I do n't know why we do them eh Charlie he never wins ? |
| 12 | Peer pressure is a factor , but not necessarily in a coercive way ; a teenager who is n't sure how to smoke a joint will be more worried about losing face from doing it wrong than not doing it at all . |
| 13 | P.B. Yes , the trouble is in doing it that way Bob , you invariably do some damage to yourself . |
| 14 | The only big difference in doing it this way is that you do n't get to specify a name or icon for the item . |
| 15 | Now obviously this can happen a bit , but I do n't think , on the whole it happens very much , at least certainly not in a way that matters erm I do n't think it does matter if people change things a little bit , because erm but on the whole people are doing things in the way that they 're doing them erm because they 've got accustomed to doing them that way and that 's the way that they 've planned it , and that 's the way that it comes out as a result of all of those pressures that there are on them . |
| 16 | watch their fees , but they have n't watched yours for crying out loud it 's quite obviously , but I think it 's , it 's ridiculous , because you 're looking at doing it that way , the other , it 's ridiculous |
| 17 | They 'll take risks Let's do so- and-so , and have a go at doing it this way And they 're often idealistic . |
| 18 | but by doing it that way , I mean I Phyl was er bowling Tuesday night and I said I was probably having a meal out anyway |
| 19 | If you go to a house and you realize that it 's only a very small house and it 's a very big van you 'll only pack it up that way because you 're packing faster by doing it that way . |
| 20 | But I 'm certain , by doing it this way , we will encourage females to put in for these these posts . |