Example sentences of "doing [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And your best bet for doing them a bit short , too much , too much . |
| 2 | You will , however , be doing them a service if you collect your specimens from a field about to be cut for hay , from a hedgerow bordering a field about to be sprayed or a site being cleared for building work . |
| 3 | If you could tell your clients that they 're on a very sticky wicket here and that I wo n't be the only woman journalist who 's utterly repulsed , you 'll be doing them a service ! |
| 4 | and one of them was doing them a halfpenny cheaper ! |
| 5 | If we provide teachers with only one method , we are doing them a disservice . |
| 6 | Maybe I 'm doing them a dis-service , but I do n't think so . |
| 7 | ‘ Give it back you thief , ’ he bawls after me , but I spurt ahead , knocking over a coupla kids who start bawling and bellyaching as well , but I do n't stop to investigate , because after all , I 'm doing them a favour , the sooner they learn that life is full of hard knocks the better . |
| 8 | Nutty thought that was too much of a risk , but if they were out it seemed almost like doing them a favour , to patronise their pool , confirm that it was in working order . |
| 9 | THE campaigners who took their seasonal message to the banks yesterday were doing them a favour . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're doing them a favour because legislation will catch up with them in the end . |
| 11 | Yu not doing me nu favour |
| 12 | This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour . |
| 13 | You 'd be doing me a favour . |
| 14 | ( He is , furthermore , doing me a favour : . |
| 15 | You 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 16 | It was almost as if he was doing me a favour by not sentencing me for more , even though it was only one specimen charge of supplying . |
| 17 | They were supposed to be doing me a favour , giving me that work , four and a half yards . |
| 18 | Obviously I would n't be happy with someone who is so selfish and so uninterested in me , so I suppose he 's doing me a favour , really , making it so clear . |
| 19 | I got in touch with the Cathedral choir and was invited to sing with them , though they actually had plenty of quite good tenors and were I think doing me a favour rather than the reverse . |
| 20 | Anyway , I really do need to catch up on some paperwork , so you 'd be doing me a favour . ’ |
| 21 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 22 | ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 23 | But meantime you 'd be doing me a favour if you did n't ring them either . |
| 24 | and that 's doing me a bit of good that bike is |
| 25 | Come on this mental intrigue it is n't doing you no good ! |
| 26 | and she 's doing you a spaghetti bolognaise , so I said oh that 'll be nice , when we got there , shall we go in the bank for an hour , I did n't feel like going out , he said come on it 'll do you good , |
| 27 | They are not simply doing you a favour . |
| 28 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 29 | Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm not doing you a favour , ’ Claudia snapped . |