Example sentences of "[be] doing [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are absolutely clear on that , it came over quite clearly from heads , the previous policy of increasing class sizes and therefore not spending any more money but claiming we 're doing a lot for nursery education , the previous policy erm was not one which they wanted to support . |
| 2 | But it annoys you they they they think they 're doing a lot for her 'cos they go in ev every morning . |
| 3 | Now what if it 's Re we 're doing a job for Regional Railways ? |
| 4 | I mean you 're doing the cake for a wedding present . |
| 5 | She has been doing a voice-over for a commercial for a magazine today , which will keep her mind off her problems . ’ |
| 6 | The man on his left had been doing a scarf for a year , she said . |
| 7 | ‘ We 'd been doing the video for eight hours straight , everything was getting loose and they say , we wan na do a hand-held sequence , just go for it , run around the room and do whatever you want . |
| 8 | He 's been doing the journey for fifteen years because he says he loves living in the country . |
| 9 | I 've been doing the route for two years now . |
| 10 | While it is wise to show a certain deference to those older than you who have been doing the job for years and who would be alienated by over-confident brashness , you must not look as though you might be a drag on whoever you are hoping to work with . |
| 11 | I had a first class team of managers , with Eric Newton as head of the engineering section — he had been doing the job for years before I even joined the Branch — and Dick Westlake , who was a former colleague in KLM , as one Principal Inspector . |
| 12 | She sent him a memo — the usual form of royal communication — but he replied negatively , arguing that it was n't possible as she had only been doing the job for a short time . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've been doing the job for years , do n't forget . |
| 14 | ‘ But it 's a different story this time around and he has n't been doing the business for us . |
| 15 | In this business , you 're on dodgy ground trying to attach the words ‘ courage ’ and ‘ integrity ’ to anything ; certainly the Heavenly EP is for a good cause , and those involved are doing a lot for their profiles in the worthiest possible way , blah blah , charidee , blah blah AIDS , but Sinead has done too ( see following letter ) and in any case , she 's on another planet to these people . |
| 16 | What the sea does once a year to freshen individual lives our railways are doing every day for the national life , in a way less picturesque but none the less effective . |
| 17 | You-find that some of the hearties are doing the pilgrimage for the first time , and begin to limp quite early on ; , that some of the weeds have been on the pilgrimage once or even twice before — and finished . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ You will be doing a service for the people of north Westmeath and , indeed , to the people of Ireland , North and South , if you enable the Garda to successfully prosecute these people and put them behind bars . ’ |
| 19 | And we 're also having a sponsored Tree Best , where we 're hoping that lots of children will come along dressed up as trees , and have raised at least £10 sponsorship each and we 're having performances on a rainforest theme , and a dancer who will be doing a dance for rainforest , and there 's some rainforest type music and things like that , and there 'll be prizes and certificates for the children who are trees , and there 'll be an exhibition that head office are launching . |
| 20 | NCR Corp 's ADDS division , which is readying its own AlphaWindows terminals , will be doing an implementation for Pick , according to Vinny Luciano . |
| 21 | A solicitor will often already be doing the conveyancing for you if the problem concerns a property you are buying or selling . |
| 22 | I 'm doing a favour for the old my old gran . |
| 23 | Yeah right oh well , now then now I 'm afraid erm I 'm doing a project for the British National Corpus which involves er trying to record everyday conversations so I 've , I 've got a microphone on , I hope you do n't mind . |
| 24 | I 'm doing a thing for the erm what is it the English language research laboratories . |
| 25 | over there anyway , cos I 'm doing the work for |
| 26 | Rather than converting Windows applications for Unix in the current fashion , nQue is doing a version for Unix that will run atop Windows . |
| 27 | However , if the UK company asks the Calcutta office to carry out the work , disclosure is required , as the auditor 's associate is doing the work for the UK company . |
| 28 | Sun Microsystems Inc is following a similar course , though Novell is doing the implementation for Sun . |
| 29 | The Menlo Park , California firm is doing the implementation for WilTel Inc of Houston , but it will be generally available in the fourth quarter at $6,000 for a development licence . |
| 30 | This , together with patrolling and gathering intelligence about the area , means that the UK element of UNPROFOR is doing the groundwork for implementation of the Vance-Owen settlement plan . |