Example sentences of "doing the [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm put a heading er , The test of David Copperfield , but you 're not doing the test you 're making up the test . |
| 2 | if you 've got an independent person doing the work they can say Well , we do n't mind what you 're doing falling out among yourselves the will says this and this is what we 're going to do . |
| 3 | Some people think that childminding is an easy job , but if they spent just half a day doing the work she does I am sure they would soon be ready for bed ! |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll back Joanna when it comes to doing the work she likes . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm perfectly capable of doing the work I 'm doing — and a lot more besides . ’ |
| 6 | At this speed and with the invisible thread doing the damage it is almost impossible to see anything . |
| 7 | Whatever the gender of the person doing the caring it is clear that community care is a policy which is based upon the assumption that there is a pool of willing and able family members prepared to accept the role of ‘ informal carer ’ . |
| 8 | Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons . |
| 9 | ‘ I tell kids to do some research , find the label that 's doing the stuff you do , a label that 's sympathetic . |
| 10 | It 's kind of ridiculous that I have to backtrack after doing the performance I did in King Of Comedy , but it 's a very mercurial business . |
| 11 | yeah doing , doing the maths you see I do n't have to do another science next year |
| 12 | All the abilities Hubble had exercised in doing the astronomy he here applied to producing a model presentation . |
| 13 | Well I 've been doing the landing you know , paint w white paintwork . |
| 14 | But you 'll you 'll if you 're only doing the card you 'll do that much quicker . |
| 15 | Then I picked up my things at the stationer 's and walked home , ignoring the distressing tugs of the magnetic field , which made me feel I 'd wasted my morning by not doing the thing I 'd set out to do . |
| 16 | The company has no problem with that because you 're you know if if you 're doing the business you 're happy because you 're getting the commission . |
| 17 | A lot of my friends are pleased that the company is doing the job they are doing . |
| 18 | In doing the job they receive little formal guidance from legal rules or administrative policy . |
| 19 | If I could help him — and , after all , he was only doing the job we paid him to do , was n't he ? — ; then it would be a personal shot at redemption on my part . |
| 20 | And I can honestly say , along with most people I 'm reluctantly coming round to the concept that the probability is that the county will cease to exist shortly , and there 'll be hopefully not more than two other authorities doing the job we 're currently doing . |
| 21 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 22 | Wharton said : ‘ It is something that I must overcome , I had trained for 12 rounds and was thinking of the crowd instead of doing the job I was in the ring to do . ’ |
| 23 | doing the job I would be doing . |
| 24 | The only thing which was missing was the recognised transport qualification , a Certificate of Professional Competence , so , determined not to let this official piece of paper prevent her from doing the job she undertook a study course and was soon legally qualified to run the fleet . |
| 25 | Now he was doing the job he was trained for , treating real patients . |
| 26 | A Rottweiler doing the job he was once bred for . |
| 27 | Say well we 're not doing the trade you know and Liz was saying to me |