Example sentences of "[prep] be doing the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recall that the optimality theory says that an increase in k should lead to a fall in X , and that our subjects ( on the second repetition ) appeared to be doing the opposite . |
| 2 | Today , of course , it suited him to be doing the shopping . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm very disappointed not to be doing the film , ’ Crawford added , ‘ but I would rather that people remember enjoying my performance in the play than say that I did n't quite pull it off in the film . ’ |
| 4 | Sophie was supposed to be doing the chorus so I grabbed Mary , and said come with me on the half way through , called Sophie why are you doing all the talking Dot and not Mary ! |
| 5 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 6 | It reveals a significant gap between the number of informal carers needed by the year 2000 and the number of people who expect to be doing the job . |
| 7 | The conditions of the fifties meant that it was natural " for praise to be heaped on to democratic politics since it seemed to be doing the job very nicely . |
| 8 | Er , next week we 're gon na miss her even more , because she 's supposed to be doing the paper . |