Example sentences of "[prep] doing [pron] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you need to satisfy you annalistic impulses to close the bin , you know to , to fondle the rings , er , you can close it by pushing the rings together , that 's actually a more efficient way of doing it than the triggers , but please always open with the triggers . |
| 2 | John Nott said that the nuclear submarine Dreadnought was going to be scrapped as soon as anyone could think of a way of doing it and the US and USSR declined to consider each other 's plans for nuclear disarmament . |
| 3 | I still had n't actually thought of doing anything until the woman ran towards me and cried , ‘ Help , please . |
| 4 | But once the new proposals are implemented , school work will be funded and we will face either the impossible position of teachers being paid for doing nothing or the arrangements will cease to exist . |
| 5 | In between doing you and the dentist , I was fitting in Mrs , she 's Sharon 's mum . |
| 6 | ‘ After Brian 's album had been recorded , a tour had been tentatively planned , but to have a band sitting around doing nothing until the album came out was n't realistic . |