Example sentences of "[adv] [be] do [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 2 | Since Dysart too had been to Oxford , it was possible that by taking Morpurgo on at Tyler 's Hard he had merely been doing an old chum a favour . |
| 3 | It 's just that I 've just got too many at , it can only be done a week before |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Really that 's very interesting and I accept that erm I personally was do the figures include the anticipated increase which we already know ? |
| 6 | They 're taking it away so was doing a tape for grandma and granddad and Keith was going , he was going hello grandma and granddad it 's Kenny you know like the three of them and he was going , whoop whoop whoop oh da ! |
| 7 | For some reason , although she had not been doing the cooking , this made Lydia feel like Lucretia Borgia . |
| 8 | He had already been doing the job unofficially , and now would be paid for it . |
| 9 | I 've just been doing the wrong question . |
| 10 | And I 'll soon be doing a drama series for Radio 4 which is set here . ’ |
| 11 | ( A note here to working mums : depriving your sons of a little mothering might just be doing a middle-aged woman a favour in years to come ! ) |
| 12 | And , rocking with laughter , he would clasp Robert to him — something , thought Class 1 's form master , as he joined the throng in the hail , the headmaster would probably not be doing a lot of in future . |
| 13 | But , it 's up to organisations like the ones we work for to respond to that and to not be doing the planning on behalf of other people . |
| 14 | This person will be strongly encouraged to attend the training course on recruitment ( if they are unwilling then they should not be doing the job ) . |
| 15 | How do I get the honest answer and that is another matter , I , I , I 'll find out what they say , but er I suspect that they will erm not be doing an awful lot , I suspect they 'll pretend , er that they will erm be helpful , and then they wo n't do an awful lot , |
| 16 | A solicitor will often already be doing the conveyancing for you if the problem concerns a property you are buying or selling . |
| 17 | But we 'll still be doing a lot of business with Oracle and Ingres , ’ Filip said . |
| 18 | You do not need to send your releases to everyone who might be interested if this is likely to delay getting them into the post ; that can always be done the next morning . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've both been doing a bit of that — accusing each other of things that neither of us is guilty of . ’ |
| 20 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
| 21 | They I 'd much rather be doing a hundred and three times seventeen . |
| 22 | With luck Brix should now be doing the rounds on the bulletin boards and available from disk libraries shortly . |
| 23 | And she had one or two hires including higher art and then somebody said oh that would be good for the P R department is looking for staff so she now is doing a superb job running a marketing operation , editing an internal newspaper it all herself and erm all of that I taught her , now I want to move her on to the stage where she can get professional recognition for this , now that is what I call an absolute beginner |
| 24 | If a spreadsheet really is doing a lot of calculation then a machine using a 486DX or a processor with a x87 numeric coprocessor will help . |
| 25 | ‘ A little birdie tells me you have n't been doing a great deal of singing recently . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's simply that while we 've been playing well in possession , we have n't been doing the job when the opposition have had the ball . |
| 27 | The lads just have n't been doing the business over the last 2 or 3 games though have they ? |
| 28 | ‘ But it 's a different story this time around and he has n't been doing the business for us . |
| 29 | I 'll even be doing the high kicks Frankie is known throughout the entertainment business as an energetic performer using dance routines and high kicks . |
| 30 | ‘ Sha n't be doing no duty tonight . ’ |