Example sentences of "[was/were] doing [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And the fact that they were doing it for a great deal more money , like Havvie Blaine , rather than for supper and a few pence , did n't make it any better .
2 They were doing it in a large double bed in the middle of Westminster Abbey with choir and priests looking on .
3 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 .
4 Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance .
5 If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges .
6 I know when Carl was , was doing it in a modest way and he , he 'd seen this on , and he said it 's impossible that the way they do it !
7 It just happened that I was doing it in a unique way through the business world of women .
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