Example sentences of "[was/were] doing [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were doing everything by the book . |
| 2 | I think I think there was som some sent to Chester for example , I think they were doing something in the cathedral in Chester . |
| 3 | Now at that stage you were doing it on the telephone were you ? |
| 4 | They were doing it down the road here done the other week . |
| 5 | An editorial recently went so far as to say that more important than establishing a framework for research and development was doing something about the failure to disseminate and apply existing knowledge . |
| 6 | He did n't even look up , he was doing something with the cafetière . |
| 7 | ‘ Ma must have taken to cooking up bits of food in her bedroom , ’ Algy said when Lady Grubb was doing something to the plants and she and Guy were alone with father in his study . |
| 8 | 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 : |
| 9 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the sort ! |
| 10 | ‘ I was doing nothing of the kind , ’ she denied crossly , turning to face him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 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 | I mean you could say in this situation the stag was doing it for the benefit of the species but er you do n't need to er you do n't need to take that point of view . |
| 16 | I did think I was doing it for the best . |
| 17 | I was doing it for the drive anyway . |
| 18 | I was doing it under the covers you see ? |