Example sentences of "[am/are] do [pers pn] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 2 | The farming bills do n't amount to much as the ones who do call me in always think they 're doing me a favour and consequently should n't be charged much . |
| 3 | ‘ They 're still very patronising to me , keep hinting that they 're doing me a favour . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ We 're doing them a favour because legislation will catch up with them in the end . |
| 5 | We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour . |
| 6 | We 're doing yous a favour , our lads speaks plain to you , we 're doing yous a favour . |
| 7 | I think you 're doing it a bit roughly Tim . |
| 8 | The law then pretends it 's a waif or stray and that you 're doing it a favour , and all is forgiven . |
| 9 | They have n't cultivated the attitude that by serving you they 're doing you a favour . |
| 10 | If we provide teachers with only one method , we are doing them a disservice . |
| 11 | Maybe I 'm doing them a dis-service , but I do n't think so . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | Here I 'm doing you a favour and all I get is crummy insults . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 15 | ‘ No one 's saying it is , but I 'm in the house because I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 16 | Listen , I 'm doing you a favour . |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps I 'm doing you an injustice , ’ he said , swinging his legs over the side of the bed , his back to her . |