Example sentences of "[pers pn] be doing this [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long had I been doing this without a break ? |
| 2 | I am doing this without glasses , and what is so marvellous is that I can play the piano without glasses for the first time for at least 12 years . |
| 3 | ‘ I am doing this in the interest of the great majority of our people , ’ she said . |
| 4 | What keeps me going is knowing that I 'm doing this for my children , not out of choice . |
| 5 | I mean the one thing that has happened in recent times , and I do n't like prophecies so , I do n't wish to be a part of one , let's be clear about that , I 'm doing this as an analyst . |
| 6 | Until recently , I was just amazed that I was doing this with a reasonable amount of success . |
| 7 | Well , I was doing this for him in a loving sort of wifely way and he said , ‘ Oh , by the way , I want to get rid of you ’ and I said , ‘ Thank you very much ’ and he said , ‘ Well , finish the trousers and post them on . ’ |
| 8 | If you are doing this without instructors you will have to imagine suitable rewards and punishers . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're doing this to me , ’ she said achingly . |
| 10 | ‘ You 're doing this on purpose , ’ she said tightly . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't believe she 's doing this to me after 33 years of marriage , ’ said Bill , who had retired with Anne to Guernsey after selling his shopfitting business in north London . |
| 12 | How come it 's always She 's doing this to me , She 's doing that ? |
| 13 | Now there was a lady who was working in the site and she was doing this with her hand . |
| 14 | Madame imagined that while she was doing this to Boy she would tell him everything she knew , she would talk to him quietly each night whilst brushing his hair before bedtime . |
| 15 | The group 's belief in its own morality : ‘ We are doing this for the benefit of everyone . ’ |
| 16 | We are doing this for the right reasons . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We 're doing this for Fudge and Roz down here . |
| 18 | With whom will we be doing this in the year 2004 ? |
| 19 | It is all too easy for the Germans to accept the glib axiom that whatever is good for Germany is good for Europe , and the ‘ European ’ gloss may permit them to pursue their own interests while trying to convince others , and even perhaps convincing themselves , that they are doing this for Europe . |
| 20 | ‘ They are doing this by the usual process of blaming the Unionists for it all and insinuating that if only the Unionists would talk to the SDLP and through them to Dublin , then everything would calm down and peace and good would reign supreme . ’ |
| 21 | Top cosmetic company boss Angela Boxer protested : ‘ I do n't understand why they were doing this to the poor girl . |
| 22 | Did you see t what do you make of that blackie with that lovely lovely young girl , pretty as a picture , and he were doing this round her and leaning back , and his great big lips ooh ooh ! |
| 23 | Of course , he will have to cope with demonstrations , many of the less sober sort , but , as far as I have heard , he is doing this with massive inscrutability . |
| 24 | Either that or he is doing this with deliberate skill to gain her confidence . ’ |
| 25 | Once he was doing this during a speech by Jimmy Logan who caught sight of the scribbling out of the corner of his eye . |
| 26 | It was quite ridiculous and so very obvious that he was doing this for many dubious reasons of his own . |