Example sentences of "were doing [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he wondered whether the government had lost control of the security forces or whether the security forces were doing what the government wanted . |
| 2 | I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the |
| 3 | THE campaigners who took their seasonal message to the banks yesterday were doing them a favour . |
| 4 | So did did they think they were doing themselves a disservice then when they , maybe when they amalgamated , or when they became part of the boilermakers , or when the boilermakers started taking in various trades to approach the employers as a as a a black squad unit for wage rises and conditions and so on , or did they they Would they have preferred to have done it themselves do you think ? |
| 5 | It was as if I were doing him a big favour . |
| 6 | ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour . |
| 7 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 8 | Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ? |
| 9 | It 's funny how er th trends change , but that was a was quite a common occurrence was that , men feeling ashamed of what they 'd got but trying er er in terms of these magazines giving them as if they were doing you a favour . |