Example sentences of "were doing a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cos Brian told her that they were doing a census Sydenham . |
| 2 | somebody else that er we were doing a course with who had a tremendous skill with high |
| 3 | ‘ Yes , I nearly choked laughing when I heard you were doing a breakfast show . |
| 4 | And a and also , I mean , it was , and it was a Panasonic one this , erm what you do , if you were doing a jacket top potato , you er would weigh the potato and , and then erm put in the weight , say it was six ounces , and all you do then is press erm jacket potato , you do n't have to put any time , it automatically does it for the time . |
| 5 | As though you were doing a sketch and you were sketching details in gradually . |
| 6 | One party had come as a dragon and were doing a conga through the dancing couples , tail disintegrating even as the giant head bobbed up and down . |
| 7 | In a title search , for example , a search for an incomplete or garbled title would lead to the choice of a title index display or a search for titles containing the words of the search , and thenceforth behave rather as if it were doing a subject search . |
| 8 | One night there was a little backdrop of a painted garden , and in front of it two new boys were doing a strip routine to the original ‘ Let's Stay Together ’ ; but then they got carried away and ended up just leaning against the wall together , leaning up against the painted flowerbeds and the little painted bridge , just kissing and making love right there , for at least forty minutes , nobody minded . |
| 9 | McAllister , happily unaware of who made up the party , watched these inhabitants of the world in which she had lived since she was eight years old stare and chatter as they made their way through the doorway , Mr Sands bowing and scraping at them as befitted a poor relation to whom they were doing a favour , the rest of the bazaar 's patrons staring at these strange beings , male and female , as though they were visitors from another planet , perhaps one described by Mr H. G. Wells . |
| 10 | And they were doing a tally of people going in and out of Marks and Spencers ! |
| 11 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 12 | ‘ Then somewhere about halfway , we were doing a scene , and after we had finished he turned to me and smiled and said , ‘ Got me . ’ |
| 13 | In fact , they were on Italy , they were doing a concert in |
| 14 | We were doing a gig with Rod Stewart , and his bass player T. M. Stevens has the most amazing amount of rack gear — like two mini tower blocks ! |
| 15 | The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire . |
| 16 | Paddy Ashdown and I were doing a walkabout in the main shopping precinct on the day after the election , when three small boys walked up to Paddy and asked , ‘ Ooh , are you David Rendel ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We were doing a project on environment and quality of life in Europe , ’ said Mrs Lambert . |
| 18 | One of them is a teacher of deaf children at St Mary 's and she loved the old schoolroom at the museum and told me that her class were doing a project on Northern Ireland and she must bring them here to see it all . |
| 19 | They were doing a job not totally agreeable to them , but they were doing it professionally . |
| 20 | A little while ago children were expected to be down in the mines and underneath textile machinery , so they were n't actually treated as children , they were erm wager earners at a very low age , as soon as they could be walking they were doing a job , so I feel that we 're all children in fact , there is no great division between being a child and being an adult , and we in fact ca n't always cope with what 's happening and the shocks infect . |
| 21 | This girl we know was in Germany and they were doing a PA and she ran up to Richard Fm and said ‘ I 've come all the way from England to see you ’ — which was a complete lie — and she said , ‘ Can I have a signed photo ? ’ |
| 22 | Apparently they were doing a programme about monarchs who 'd lost their thrones and gone into exile . |
| 23 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
| 24 | The robots were doing a lot of turning people back , and the guard-manned point was thronged with a wedge-shaped queue of complaining travellers . |
| 25 | They were doing a lot better than him . |
| 26 | Although our life was cold and miserable , I felt enthusiastic because I was fit and because we were doing a lot of military training . |
| 27 | One group of primary children were doing a pageant on the Celts and Romans . |
| 28 | Especially if we were doing an interview . |
| 29 | He was looking for something along the lines of Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy , an American from nowhere , and all the actors coming in were doing an Andrew Dice Clay or Billy Idol number . |