Example sentences of "[prep] [be] doing [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | cos they ca n't get their leg over with any woman at all so all their life consists of is doing role playing . |
| 2 | Then we 've got in June we 're supposed to be doing journey time surveys and traffic counts on the M sixty three . |
| 3 | In this survey they looked at the different kinds of training and jobs undertaken by black people and found that they were likely to be doing worse jobs than white youth irrespective of their qualifications . |
| 4 | But she seems to be doing night shift a lot recently . |
| 5 | Now we 'll we 'll we 'll concentrate on some see with maths you have to do things in certain Are we supposed to be doing maths today are we supposed to be doing English ? |
| 6 | Now we 'll we 'll we 'll concentrate on some see with maths you have to do things in certain Are we supposed to be doing maths today are we supposed to be doing English ? |
| 7 | Of the 300,000 women estimated to be doing home-work in Britain today 72 per cent receive less than the legal minimum hourly wage , three quarters of those get 1 ( $1.60 ) or less and some make as little as 20p ( 30 cents ) an hour . |
| 8 | In these vast spaces , concepts rather than characters seem to be doing battle , prominent among them a prince who appears to be acting the part of the roistering boy because he feels it is expected of him . |
| 9 | To tell you the truth Brenda , I 'm very sorry for her because I think that she and Ned have made a really a quite ferocious mess of their life , they 've never intended to be slaving away to be doing kitchen fitting , he wanted to do wood sculpture that was he 's idea in |
| 10 | But it is not political any longer ; it 's just that more people seem to be doing damage to more people , especially old people , single people , those who live alone . |
| 11 | and I know it 's not erm your business to be doing tee markers |
| 12 | I 've just started doing all this and I 'm supposed to be doing section H. |
| 13 | Someone said he was going to be doing engineering . |
| 14 | However , joining does n't mean that you have to be doing research , registration is open to those who are ‘ just interested ’ or ‘ thinking about it ’ . |
| 15 | The whole unit had to be dismantled to allow a new base to be fitted — a costly and time-consuming disaster , which taught me that 11pm on Saturday , at the end of a tiring day , is not the time to be doing d-i-y ! |
| 16 | For North , however , to be seen among the local people , to be seen to be doing good generally , even if vaguely , was an essential ingredient in a just war . |