Example sentences of "[pron] [be] do [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Well on , I do it the right way , because I do n't always feel that I am doing it the right way .
2 ‘ Give it back you thief , ’ he bawls after me , but I spurt ahead , knocking over a coupla kids who start bawling and bellyaching as well , but I do n't stop to investigate , because after all , I 'm doing them a favour , the sooner they learn that life is full of hard knocks the better .
3 Maybe I 'm doing them a dis-service , but I do n't think so .
4 I 'm doing it a funny way this time .
5 Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’
6 ‘ But I 'm doing you a favour .
7 ‘ No one 's saying it is , but I 'm in the house because I 'm doing you a favour .
8 Listen , I 'm doing you a favour .
9 ‘ Perhaps I 'm doing you an injustice , ’ he said , swinging his legs over the side of the bed , his back to her .
10 It was as if I were doing him a big favour .
11 Of course , in thinking like this , I was doing him a great injustice : the change was not so much in him , as in the way I saw him .
12 As it turned out , I was doing him a service . ’
13 I was doing him a favour looking after the house over Christmas . ’
14 Well as far as I was concerned , I was doing what a doctor told me .
15 And I felt like I remember sometimes feeling as a child when I was doing something a bit difficult , a bit daring .
16 I was doing it the other day yes .
17 You are doing yourself a lot of harm by keeping me here like this interrogating me about matters which are protected by the official secrets legislation . ’
18 fact if you do n't inhale at all you 're doing yourself a big favour , but you nearly always get some down ion to the system and really the o the only thing I could ethically recommend as a doctor , is stopping .
19 You 're doing me a favour . ’
20 Not , not as many as active though , because you could say that stock checks and checks are reactive because you 're doing it every day but , stock checks move the department forward on your stock reports .
21 The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven .
22 I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim .
23 and , say , explain the logic of it , why you 're doing it the way you 're doing it .
24 No , certain obstacles and areas where you feel you 're not er giving , you know you do n't feel as though you 're doing it the best for whatever reason .
25 ‘ Just one , ’ she said graciously , managing to make it sound as though she were doing him a big favour .
26 I think the answer is that simply as it who were doing what the name would otherwise have done , erm for the reasons your Lordship has given and , and your Lordship has seen of course that the analysis of the relationship between the name and the agent , erm , certainly as far as Mr is concerned , indeed we said it certainly it follows from what , what article eighty five does , it does n't effect the extensible authority point but and the
27 This afternoon you came to my office as if you were doing me a favour .
28 Now you were doing it a very neat way , a quick way , of doing it all in one go , were n't you ?
29 and she 's doing you a spaghetti bolognaise , so I said oh that 'll be nice , when we got there , shall we go in the bank for an hour , I did n't feel like going out , he said come on it 'll do you good ,
30 Delia Cope believes by listening to Black women 's poems she is doing us a favour .
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