Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] doing [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , well Bev was asking , I mean I was doing housework , oh , I was doing bits and pieces you know , and er getting me coat and all that and er she was asking questions and all that and Liz said I 'll pick you up at twenty past eleven , so Bev said alright then , so she come off the phone said she 'd go and have a look and apparently erm , it must of been yesterday if , if Liz is telling the truth she said to whoever are you going to do anything about this ? |
| 2 | Mum , I hope we 're doing improvisation . |
| 3 | The firm says it is doing work for IBM in other areas but declined to be more specific , although that suggests that IBM may have taken on board the message that it needs outsiders to run some of its key business units . |
| 4 | What do you think you 're doing miss ! |
| 5 | He could n't think of any it was a quiet road , he 'd done nothing wrong , he had n't been speeding , and it was a lovely morning and I ca n't do the accent , I wo n't try to because it was a Welshman obviously but er he came What do you think you 're doing lad ? |
| 6 | What do you think you 're doing coming in here without so much as by your leave ? ’ |
| 7 | I do n't whether she doing ironing , I know she 's doing washing . |
| 8 | I know he 's doing God 's work , but it will break my heart to see him leave ! ’ and she broke down in tears . |
| 9 | I felt I was doing good and my confidence began to grow . |
| 10 | She sounded really cheesed off about I said how 's your revision going , cos I knew she was doing revision , she went cccckkk I try a maths paper and I ca n't do that , and I a chemistry paper and I ca n't do that and I really . |
| 11 | Toby felt he was doing good . |
| 12 | Perhaps they thought he was doing research , he still wore his suits . |
| 13 | and er I 'm I 'm , think I 'm doing mine more sort of related to er the eggs . |
| 14 | Let's say you 're doing acid plus alkali and for some reason you think , Oh well I think it gives carbon dioxide . |