Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] be doing [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said well that 's the rules , you know that 's how we 're doing this , we 're offering a fixed-rate for three hundred pounds . |
| 2 | What I was trying to say that the for the fire fighter decision about was very boo 'd upon to the professional advice of our Chief Fire Officers and they have a good for eighteen months of how we are doing this fire fighting in Hertfordshire . |
| 3 | I ge to be honest though erm half the problem 's been I think that it 's been spoiling off so much crap , you know when I was doing those little things |
| 4 | Is that why I 'm doing this ? |
| 5 | But in this one you 're right and that makes me right too without having to decide just why I 'm doing this and perhaps doing more than I 'll ever get around to telling you . |
| 6 | She felt she must make sure he knew why she was doing this — for Marguerite alone and not because she seemed to be unable to resist when he held her . |
| 7 | It is obvious enough if you happen to be going through a particularly traumatic time , but what about when you are doing all those ordinary things like reading , writing , driving or pursuing any so-called ‘ relaxing ’ activity ? |
| 8 | Well la , last year , when you were doing that painting for er , Derek . |
| 9 | And er so what er what er sort of era was when about was this still right at the beginning of the war when you were doing this or |
| 10 | Untie it , bring it here and if someone asks you why you 're doing that , tell them that the master needs it and we 'll send it back at once . |
| 11 | ‘ Tell me why you 're doing this , damn you ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Does she know what 's going on — why you 're doing this ? ’ |
| 13 | Miss that 's why you 're doing this |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're doing this to me , ’ she said achingly . |
| 15 | ‘ I know why you 're doing this , ’ she reproached scornfully . |
| 16 | Why you 're doing this Christmas , it may be my last , John said what do you mean , I said well , I do n't know if I 'm going to be in a classroom this time next year , I mean , I really enjoy Christmas with the children , fifteen years since I 've done it , I 've forgotten how I enjoyed myself . |
| 17 | She says give us a reason why you are doing this . |
| 18 | That 's why we 're doing this , ’ said Masklin . |
| 19 | the reason why we 're the reason why we 're doing this now is is |
| 20 | Oh right , no it 's Olympus and it 's erm why we 're doing this is partly because the European Space Agency is trying to encourage people who were n't previously satellite users to become satellite users and in the next century , or whenever , erm to actually buy commercial satellite time for from them . |
| 21 | And you might well argue of course that if you are subsidizing films which have no cultural merit or whatever then why we are doing this and that , that would be a question to ask . |
| 22 | when a new chapel on that bottom road , where they 're doing all the road works erm where that is the a the address is Glanberrys funny enough ! |
| 23 | I do n't know why they 're doing this , Stuart and Oliver . |
| 24 | Further , he failed to get satisfactory answers to questions which he asked pupils about the work in hand and why they were doing certain things . |
| 25 | Top cosmetic company boss Angela Boxer protested : ‘ I do n't understand why they were doing this to the poor girl . |
| 26 | Then one time when he was doing some other business with the woman we called Mrs Howard , he sold her the story for a few marks . |
| 27 | ‘ He 's a wheeler-dealer and he came across it in a house where he was doing some plastering , ’ said Walton , who used a similar one when he played in the 1981 Walker Cup match in America . |
| 28 | ‘ And he wants to know why he 's doing all this research . |
| 29 | And why he 's doing that , we do n't know . |
| 30 | She wondered why he was doing this , putting his mouth on her own undesiring one , softly moving his body against her . |