Example sentences of "doing [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're happy doing nothing THE CULTURE OF CONTENTMENT J K Galbraith Sinclair-Stevenson , £14.95 William Keegan |
| 2 | er what people smoking and treating 'em all with these new chemicals and that 's what 's doing you the harm |
| 3 | First opportunity , real opportunity he gets he 's doing everything the town clerk wants him to do . |
| 4 | It is no good complaining about militants running everything if we have not spotted what is happening because we 're so busy doing it the way ‘ we always do ’ . |
| 5 | I sometimes wish I did n't think so much about what I do , and just pottered along doing it the way it 's always been done ( like the bloke in the next-door room does ! ) . |
| 6 | Many of these boil down to the simultaneous call to go back to doing it the way it was , to keep on doing it the way it is , and to move forward to doing it differently . |
| 7 | Many of these boil down to the simultaneous call to go back to doing it the way it was , to keep on doing it the way it is , and to move forward to doing it differently . |
| 8 | Now , I do n't know whether what other people would , would say about doing it the way we 're suggesting like somebody has completed levels one A , one B , and two A , therefore they 've got this and perhaps |
| 9 | and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it . |
| 10 | How you gon na do it though , cos I saw Cath doing it the week before and Cath oh yeah she did . |
| 11 | I do n't like doing it the baby way . |
| 12 | Not by doing it the speed he 's doing it . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He was doing what the saint willed . ’ |
| 17 | Director of Studies : ‘ Why are n't you doing what the syllabus says ? ’ ( verified note of meeting ) |
| 18 | In the context of immediate decisions such as doctors may be called upon to make , the concept of doing what the judge called ‘ preserving the prospect of an informed decision ’ is wholly inapposite . |
| 19 | I hope we will borrow very modestly , it 'll be affordable , we 're not reckless , we 'll be doing what the majority of people in this country do , borrow within their limits for the things that they need for the future such as a home , or a car , something like that . |
| 20 | Er doing what the Met does best , doing what British policing does best , working with his local community . |
| 21 | My separatist friends said I was selling out , and taking on the role of mother was just doing what the patriarchy had trained me for . |
| 22 | v. Lindley Lord Reid said , ‘ A case where a defendant presents to the plaintiff the alternative of doing what the defendant wants him to do or suffering loss which the defendant can cause him to incur is not necessarily in pari casu and may involve questions which can not arise where there is intimidation of a third person . ’ |
| 23 | With the roots came dreams of the creation of liberated zones , embracing the generation briefly flirting with peace , the new libertarian-oriented politicos , and , crucially , people doing what the period was supposed to be about , having a good time . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 've spent a year doing what the Thing 's told me and I 've never had so much as a ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Masklin . |
| 25 | Where the statutory authority is merely permissive , with no clause imposing liability for nuisance , the authority is not liable for doing what the statute authorises , provided it is not negligent ; but it is liable when there is a clause imposing liability for nuisance , even if it is not negligent . |
| 26 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |