Example sentences of "doing the [noun sg] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'll back Joanna when it comes to doing the work she likes . |
| 2 | Some people think that childminding is an easy job , but if they spent just half a day doing the work she does I am sure they would soon be ready for bed ! |
| 3 | Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons . |
| 4 | ‘ I tell kids to do some research , find the label that 's doing the stuff you do , a label that 's sympathetic . |
| 5 | It 's kind of ridiculous that I have to backtrack after doing the performance I did in King Of Comedy , but it 's a very mercurial business . |
| 6 | yeah doing , doing the maths you see I do n't have to do another science next year |
| 7 | Well I 've been doing the landing you know , paint w white paintwork . |
| 8 | The great fun was doing the pulling which seemed to be an essential part of the process . |
| 9 | In doing the job they receive little formal guidance from legal rules or administrative policy . |
| 10 | If I could help him — and , after all , he was only doing the job we paid him to do , was n't he ? — ; then it would be a personal shot at redemption on my part . |
| 11 | The job hardly existed until a century ago , when orchestral works began to require such large forces that composers - Berlioz , Wagner or Mahler — resorted to doing the job themselves to ensure a modicum of accuracy ( Haydn and Mozart , with their smaller orchestras , had managed effectively by waving a hand from the keyboard ) . |
| 12 | And they made it clear that I was extremely fortunate to be doing the job I do . |
| 13 | The only thing which was missing was the recognised transport qualification , a Certificate of Professional Competence , so , determined not to let this official piece of paper prevent her from doing the job she undertook a study course and was soon legally qualified to run the fleet . |
| 14 | Say well we 're not doing the trade you know and Liz was saying to me |