Example sentences of "[conj] he [was/were] doing [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 3 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 4 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 5 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 6 | I know Mr used to go up there cos he was still at school then and he used to go up there cos he was doing nothing but whether he he wants her to get a job , well he . |
| 7 | But he was doing it for his little girl , his Karen , and for her mother , his wife Ruthie . |
| 8 | Sam had been using tape echo , or slap-back , and whether he was doing it on purpose or not , he also treated Elvis 's voice like another instrument . |