Example sentences of "he was doing this " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he was doing this , an Imperial Airways airliner , due to fly to London , prepared to lumber off across the Channel . |
| 2 | While he was doing this Maggie took a pan of boiling water from the cooker and laid it by the side of the sink . |
| 3 | People thought he was doing this deliberately , because people never really believe that the beautiful lack confidence ; looking back , I think that to start with Boy must have been frightened almost all of the time . |
| 4 | Once he was doing this during a speech by Jimmy Logan who caught sight of the scribbling out of the corner of his eye . |
| 5 | I could n't decide whether he was doing this to make me even more relaxed , like a television warm-up man , or because he was over-excited at the prospect of getting at my polyps . |
| 6 | While he was doing this , Deuce was gaily cascading powder into the bath , now and then yelling out , ‘ Just a little bit more ! |
| 7 | Afterwards , he washed Wolfhead in the blood , but when the dog growled at him while he was doing this , he took his spear and killed it . |
| 8 | She wondered why he was doing this , putting his mouth on her own undesiring one , softly moving his body against her . |
| 9 | Pete picked it up , looked at the label , and then set it down again ; and as he was doing this , Alina appeared in the doorway . |
| 10 | It is impossible to say to what extent Cézanne was aware of the fact that he was doing this , and in the process breaking the laws of scientific linear perspective , but it seems likely that it was part of a natural desire to emphasize the two-dimensional aspect of the canvas while continuing to explain the nature of objects and also insisting on their solidity by modelling them as fully as possible . |
| 11 | His servant came to pack his clothes , and while he was doing this , he told Dorian that the dead man was a sailor , but no one knew his name . |
| 12 | It was quite ridiculous and so very obvious that he was doing this for many dubious reasons of his own . |
| 13 | She knew why he was doing this and she knew too that this was an intimacy she had never permitted before in her life . |
| 14 | There was no doubt in her mind that he was doing this deliberately and it drove her to forcefulness . |
| 15 | It was impossible to tell what he was doing this afternoon . |
| 16 | She had a sudden dark suspicion that he was doing this deliberately — cold-bloodedly engineering a convenient marriage just to do her out of custody . |
| 17 | ‘ While he was doing this she shouted to her mother , who was sitting downstairs . |
| 18 | Well he was doing this old boy was doing nine to his one . |