Example sentences of "doing [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought suddenly of Antony Royd , weighed in at four pounds , doing eleven lengths in four minutes . |
| 2 | While Dustin was doing eight shows a week in Eh ? , |
| 3 | Doing eight shows a week is enough , without all this other business … ’ |
| 4 | Doing 12 years . |
| 5 | It 's just whether it 's worth having the hire for that one doing forty foot . |
| 6 | Okay , he 's doing forty miles an hour . |
| 7 | So the police say you were doing forty miles an hour . |
| 8 | You say how do you know I was doing forty miles an hour ? |
| 9 | And she must be doing 140 k.p.h . |
| 10 | Inspired by renewed hope , Brian and I pushed ourselves hard , doing umpteen push-ups and jogging round the cell . |
| 11 | I 'm doing 85 mph already . |
| 12 | As a student in Trinity College he had been used to doing six hours a week . |
| 13 | So you are doing six hours to make up the four . |
| 14 | After doing six arcs you will have a template , |
| 15 | at the time , I said we were , I was doing sixty hours a week in me car , we were doing six nights a week cabaret and he was driving all day |
| 16 | That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks . |
| 17 | I did mention that er I 'm a retired tax inspector and I 'm very long retired , I 've been retired for thirteen years , thoroughly enjoying it , hope you too but your first questions w must be what the devil am I doing thirteen years retired tax inspector talking to you on a technical subject , why on earth ca n't you get the real thing ? |
| 18 | That involved doing 30,000 miles a year . |
| 19 | ‘ It was not the same as doing 100 mph on the motorway . |
| 20 | FORMER army sergeant Mickey Spencer should be doing 100 press-ups this morning after fluffing Yeovil 's best chance to join the big boys in the FA Cup third round . |
| 21 | Just 13 minutes later , she was spotted again near the village of Asthall , doing 90 mph . |
| 22 | Many drivers were thinking twice about carrying out risky manoeuvres such as doing 90 miles an hour down the motorway even though such speeds benefited society in speeding up access to distant parts . |
| 23 | what they were doing was taking turns , one bloke was doing three man 's jobs while the other two was a kip |
| 24 | After a short while Alexander noticed that he was doing three things while reciting ; these actions were not present when using his normal speaking voice : |
| 25 | In assessing needs a social service worker is doing three things : |
| 26 | Similarly , where an agreement specifies the time for doing three things ( eg , taking procedural steps towards a rent review ) and two of the three are stated to have a time limit which is of the essence of the contract and the other one does not , then it follows that , in all probability , where it is not stated to be of the essence , it is not intended to be of the essence . |
| 27 | He was doing three tasks at once : checking the statements of witnesses in a report being prepared for the Public Prosecutor and at the same time turning over the photographs and diagrams of the house in Church Row which the SOCO had put together . |
| 28 | The three production sites ( two in Texas , one in Japan ) doing three shifts a day , will pass the 100,000 mark this quarter . |
| 29 | Except I would say the winders are worse off cos they 're doing three shifts . |
| 30 | After 32 years I continue to enjoy my Medau by doing three classes a week — with Myrtle Mott at Plumstead , with Elsie Streek at Alderwood School and with Bridget at Sidcup and I must say that this form of movement has given me a great deal of pleasure so LONG LIVE MEDAU . |