Example sentences of "doing [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | His opponent has been doing it since age 14 . ’ |
2 | ‘ They must be doing it off screen , ’ insisted hardened news editors . |
3 | Well I think she 's tr she 's doing it to spite me |
4 | so I do that that way when I 'm doing it to practice . |
5 | Strong opposition to such Assemblies was silenced by a very modern excuse — they were doing it for Charity . |
6 | You 're doing it for charity does it I mean is that |
7 | Doing it for charity or |
8 | The men slope off , looking ashamed of themselves ( doing it for money like that ) . |
9 | Only the jobless or even married women and working girls who are doing it for money ? ’ |
10 | I mean , he 's not doing it for money ? ’ |
11 | If you get paid to do it or you were doing it for money I could appreciate it . |
12 | She was doing it for fun , a one-off comeback to the sport she had come to despise and walked out of five years ago . |
13 | I was perhaps the only one who knew he was doing it for Duke . |
14 | But she could tell he was doing it for effect , he was still himself . |
15 | Yeah and you wo n't if , do you , wo n't have to tell 'em what you 're getting for doing it , you 're just , you 're just doing it for interest so to speak |
16 | Well I am actually , I am actually doing it for interest it 's not gon na be easy mind ya |
17 | I 'm not doing it for stardom . |
18 | He 's all about excitement , entertainment , doing his bit for his country , and doing it with style — a curious travesty of the active citizen for the 1990s . |
19 | I started doing it with pot , breaking a little bit , squashing it on the foil and smoking it as though I was having a chase . |
20 | We would n't dream of doing it with Press . |
21 | And doing it on man hours is er an easy way . |
22 | The townfolk always stared as if we were doing it on purpose , and that made us feel worse . |
23 | He was doing it on purpose . |
24 | Sam had been using tape echo , or slap-back , and whether he was doing it on purpose or not , he also treated Elvis 's voice like another instrument . |
25 | Are they doing it on purpose ? |
26 | She 's doing it on purpose , of course — I know she 's planning to do some more of her wretched putting practice . |
27 | Well you ca n't really , but no one notices , but I 'm not doing it on purpose , it 's for a survey , I get twenty five pounds for , mm , watch me weep |
28 | This is what people do before parties : she has seen them doing it on television : indeed , she used to do it herself when she was young , when she had no need of such substances , before she reverted so inexorably to her ancestral type . |
29 | You 're gon na paint them exactly as you would if you were just doing it on paper alright ? |
30 | If you prefer doing it on horseback , there are stables in nearby Going where tuition is available . |