Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] doing [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |
3 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |
4 | However , one afternoon perhaps two weeks after our conversation in my pantry , I was doing something in the library when Miss Kenton came in and said : |
5 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
6 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
7 | I was doing it under the covers you see ? |
8 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
9 | ‘ They were doing everything by the book . |
10 | I think I think there was som some sent to Chester for example , I think they were doing something in the cathedral in Chester . |
11 | They were doing it down the road here done the other week . |
12 | He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière . |
13 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
14 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |
15 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |