Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] doing a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |
| 2 | At present I am doing a course at the local college and I recommend this to anyone . |
| 3 | It 's only a small job here but I feel I am doing a service to the public . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm doing a bit of everything , probably too much . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm doing a bit of surveillance , ’ he told Turner . |
| 6 | I was wondering if your readers could help me as I 'm doing a study on how food affects dogs ' behaviour . |
| 7 | I ca n't say I 'm doing a Page-type thing in the studio , but he was someone who was able to make very soulful records , and that was something that generated excitement in me at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ I study fashion in Liverpool and I 'm doing a work placement with Helen Storey . |
| 9 | If I 'm doing a classical play she ca n't go on , but she 's good with the commoner stuff . |
| 10 | At times like that I feel I 'm doing a good job . |
| 11 | Unless people are free to say ‘ I do n't think it 's good enough ’ , ‘ I do n't feel as if I 'm doing a good enough job ’ , and ‘ I do n't have a clear idea of how to do it better ’ , teacher-generated and teacher-appropriated change will not happen . |
| 12 | And Maureen said , ‘ I 'm doing a play , Outside Edge — and I 'm playing Miriam . ’ |
| 13 | He thinks I think I 'm better than him because I 'm doing a science degree and he 's doing Fine Art . |
| 14 | Well I 'm doing a one year course for drama and media performance and |
| 15 | I 'm doing a Mr . |
| 16 | I will say , Oh I 'm doing a job at flats . |
| 17 | I could n't ask her to sit down as I can when I 'm doing a portrait of someone I know . |
| 18 | If , if you get it if you get it everyone has it I think I 'm doing a little bit what we did last night Excuse me . |
| 19 | I can usually tell by when I when I 'm doing a fact-find reply obviously you find out whether their erm position is , is erm simply building society or national savings investment , or whether they 've gone into shares or unit trusts or investment trusts , and you can see at what level they 're operating and of course if they 've still got their money under the bed , then |
| 20 | I 'm doing a secretarial course and want to get in that way . |
| 21 | The martyr shrieked : I 'm doing a miracle , you ca n't stop me . |
| 22 | ‘ You keep this perch warm for a while , I 'm doing a walkabout . ’ |
| 23 | And er however it 's funny that you , things remain with you , er even in the Greek and Latin , I often find when I 'm doing a crossword puzzle , something I do n't think I would ever take in , and yet I seem to , can answer the question . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm doing a mental count of the number of wool packs we have in the shed . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm doing a doctorate and yes , Bridget 's my tutor . |
| 26 | Well , I was erm , I just heard , you wanted me to come in , erm , I 'm doing a , a paper on Monday . |
| 27 | I 'm doing a programme with Spencer Lee . |
| 28 | If I 'm doing a crossword , and I think I 'm getting stuck — ’ |
| 29 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 30 | I 'm doing a handout now . |