Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] doing [pron] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ She occasionally can be talked into doing something a little silly , but not often . ’ |
| 2 | In November 1945 , she went to the B–17 graveyard in Arizona , where the breakers succeeded in doing what the Nazi flak and fighters had failed to do — destroy Mary Alice . |
| 3 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 4 | I sometimes wish I did n't think so much about what I do , and just pottered along doing it the way it 's always been done ( like the bloke in the next-door room does ! ) . |
| 5 | I was go , thinking about doing it the other way to see what you 'd say , but then I thought , no ! |
| 6 | Erm , yes I think , I think , you know , immediately you 're thinking of doing it the branches and obviously you 're running po , pretty big in |
| 7 | Now , I do n't know whether what other people would , would say about doing it the way we 're suggesting like somebody has completed levels one A , one B , and two A , therefore they 've got this and perhaps |