Example sentences of "he [was/were] doing it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 2 | I was perhaps the only one who knew he was doing it for Duke . |
| 3 | But she could tell he was doing it for effect , he was still himself . |
| 4 | But he was doing it for his little girl , his Karen , and for her mother , his wife Ruthie . |
| 5 | He was doing it for Germany . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 7 | Mr Clarke told the Commons he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 8 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with the great reluctance . |
| 9 | Mr Clarke told the House of Commons that he was doing it with great reluctance . |
| 10 | If he was still amusing himself , thought Cadfael , he was doing it with the eloquent dignity of archbishops and all the king 's judges . |
| 11 | ‘ Especially if he was doing it with a few friends . ’ |
| 12 | He was doing it with Michael Treacher , who is now teaching government somewhere in Canada . |
| 13 | He was doing it on purpose . |
| 14 | Sam had been using tape echo , or slap-back , and whether he was doing it on purpose or not , he also treated Elvis 's voice like another instrument . |
| 15 | He was doing it against me . ’ |