Example sentences of "was doing in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Morse interrupted Lewis 's thoughts : ‘ Shall I tell you exactly what our leader was doing in the betting-shop ? |
| 2 | The gas station attendant was an Israeli Arab , a young man with light brown hair who assumed I was a tourist and wanted to know what I was doing in the cold far north of Israel in winter . |
| 3 | Now in his eighties but cracklingly alert , he is happy alike to talk about his view of Hamlet and his literary friends in the town , the work he was doing in the church , the essays he was writing : there is an irresistible donnish delight in his manner and calmness , the repose of the greatly confident — a quality which was later attributed to Richard . |
| 4 | For a moment or two Billy was too relieved even to ask what he was doing in the house , or how he 'd managed to get in when it was all locked up . |
| 5 | Afterwards , he got me and asked what I was doing in the doorway with Symington . |
| 6 | Do you know what he was doing in the car ? |
| 7 | The driver of the jeep said they picked up the Arab for questioning because he could not explain what he was doing in the area . |