Example sentences of "[be] [pron] do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ How am I to do this , ’ she orders , ‘ if you keep moving like an animal ? ’ |
| 2 | Am I doing that ? |
| 3 | Why am I doing all this ? |
| 4 | Other times I think , ‘ What am I doing this for , I could be sitting at home with my feet up . ’ |
| 5 | None the less the opposite argument is equally shaky ; it would be frightening to imagine teachers embarking on the planning of a term 's work or even one single-period unit without asking themselves the simplest questions : " Why am I doing this ? |
| 6 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 7 | Why am I doing this ? he wondered . |
| 8 | Why am I doing this ? |
| 9 | Why am I doing this ? |
| 10 | ‘ Am I doing this right ? ’ asked Twoflower anxiously . |
| 11 | Ruth Barr 's research alias ‘ personal time-and-motion study ’ described in answering her own ‘ why am I doing this ? ’ question would seem to meet these criteria . |
| 12 | ‘ Why am I doing this ? ’ |
| 13 | No doubt sometime in the near future , mid-way through another topic , I will be once again saying — ‘ Why am I doing this ? ’ |
| 14 | But just why am I doing this ? she wondered . |
| 15 | ‘ For a week or two after Barcelona , I thought why am I doing this ? ’ he said . |
| 16 | what the fuck am I doing this |
| 17 | Ideas , ideas everywhere ideas all the time what am I do this what about this how about this ? |
| 18 | Now why 're you doing this ? |
| 19 | What 're you doing any way ? |
| 20 | Why 're they doing that ? |
| 21 | ‘ What on earth are you doing that for ? ’ she asked . |
| 22 | ‘ What are you doing that makes you fall asleep in the middle of the day ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why are you doing that ? ’ the boy inquired , his curly dark head on one side like a curious robin . |
| 24 | What are you doing that 's so crucial ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Why are you doing that ? ’ |
| 26 | They may seek an explanation ( ‘ Why are you doing that , Harry ? ’ ) or make excuses ( ‘ She has n't learnt the ropes yet ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you doing that because you enjoy it ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why are you doing that ? ’ she asked . |
| 29 | Why are you doing that ? … |
| 30 | Sue why are you doing that ? |