Example sentences of "[be] do [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 You 're doing me a favour . ’
2 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 .
3 ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’
4 fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping .
5 ‘ We 're doing them a favour because legislation will catch up with them in the end .
6 A lot of men are under the impression that a divorcee in her forties is so hungry for sex that they 're doing her a huge favour by providing it , at very little inconvenience or cost to themselves .
7 Erm we 're doing something a little bit more sophisticated .
8 We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour .
9 We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour .
10 Most companies have a lackadaisical approach to recruitment — as if they 're doing us a great favour . ’
11 Not , not as many as active though , because you could say that stock checks and checks are reactive because you 're doing it every day but , stock checks move the department forward on your stock reports .
12 The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven .
13 I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim .
14 and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it .
15 I says , We 're doing it the right way , the proper way now you see .
16 Yeah , if they 're delayed getting on the motorway and see that they 're doing it the other side coming off , they might be saying
17 No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason .
18 They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour .
19 Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way .
20 I had been doing you an injustice ; but I am going to make a will leaving you all I have .
21 this boy who 'd been doing it a few years .
22 I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month .
23 You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’
24 Again , you are on subjective grounds , but by just about any objective industry standard , Trantec are doing themselves a disservice paying for full pages for those ads .
25 If we provide teachers with only one method , we are doing them a disservice .
26 Travelling from the northern tip of Scotland to the southern cliffs of England is tough enough … 1200 muscle sapping miles … but Derek Hegarty and Neil Pascoe are doing it an even harder way … they 're competing in their own marathon triathlon … which is running swimming and cycling … so far they 've run up Ben Nevis …
27 To make the assumption that JustText was only capable of producing text would be to do it a grave disservice .
28 You 'd be doing me a favour .
29 They were supposed to be doing me a favour , giving me that work , four and a half yards .
30 If you can procur [ sic ] me any porters for this , the finest and most perfect work I have yet attempted , you will be doing me a real kindness ; you are aware that neither pains or expense will be spared to render it complete . ’
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