Example sentences of "[am/are] doing [pron] [art] " 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 | Not , not as many as active though , because you could say that stock checks and checks are reactive because you 're doing it every day but , stock checks move the department forward on your stock reports . |
| 12 | The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven . |
| 13 | I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim . |
| 14 | and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it . |
| 15 | I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see . |
| 16 | Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying |
| 17 | No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason . |
| 18 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 19 | Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way . |
| 20 | 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 . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | If we provide teachers with only one method , we are doing them a disservice . |
| 23 | Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis … |
| 24 | ‘ Give it back you thief , ’ he bawls after me , but I spurt ahead , knocking over a coupla kids who start bawling and bellyaching as well , but I do n't stop to investigate , because after all , I 'm doing them a favour , the sooner they learn that life is full of hard knocks the better . |
| 25 | Maybe I 'm doing them a dis-service , but I do n't think so . |
| 26 | Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ But I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 28 | ‘ No one 's saying it is , but I 'm in the house because I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 29 | Listen , I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm doing you an injustice , ’ he said , swinging his legs over the side of the bed , his back to her . |