Example sentences of "[was/were] do [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 2 | They were doing it down the road here done the other week . |
| 3 | Because i in , in theory presumably they s they should n't have been abusing their position , they should n't be gaining more because the whole point was to do it for the masses particularly , I mean if you were a Party cadre erm you should n't be getting more out of it than anybody else . |
| 4 | I was doing them for the wrong reasons — out of curiosity or for the money , rather than because I had a passion for doing them . |
| 5 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 6 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |
| 7 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 8 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 9 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 10 | I was doing it under the covers you see ? |