Example sentences of "[was/were] n't doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were n't doing nine to five but we were working every afternoon for a week . |
| 2 | The films were n't doing business , the unprofitable US studios were being gobbled up by large conglomerates and ‘ rationalized ’ , changes in US fiscal policy implemented in 1967 to help in funding the Vietnam war now discouraged investment by US companies abroad , and the American unions had initiated a campaign in 1968 to ‘ combat foreign production by American producers . ’ |
| 3 | They were n't doing anything — they were just being polite — but Nigel was slightly afraid that the artist was trying to get off with Eleanor . |
| 4 | You see art that 's created by people who are killing themselves making it , and I always wonder how it would turn out if they were n't doing that . |
| 5 | ‘ Terry and I tried to cut back on the silly stories by not doing anything at all , but then they attacked the fact that we were n't doing anything , ’ she said . |
| 6 | ‘ I think because they felt guilty because they were n't doing more themselves . ’ |
| 7 | You 've told me you were n't doing any harm , and I believe you . |
| 8 | It was true ; dozens of policemen had appeared , but they were n't doing anything . |
| 9 | What were these people doing that we were n't doing , and vice versa ? |
| 10 | As we flew down around hairpin bends , I thanked Fate we were n't doing the day 's route in reverse ! |
| 11 | In fact if we were n't doing it as a unison group we 'd probably do it ourselves anyway because of the fact that we 've got nine separate branches and we 'd want to have a bit of erm common , common strategy if you like between the branches anyway . |
| 12 | ‘ Please , mister , we were n't doing anything ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We were n't doing anything ! |
| 14 | We were n't doing anything , honest we were n't ! |
| 15 | The FO and the Government were n't doing anything effective and , worse , they seemed proud of it . |
| 16 | They charge to overheads if they were n't doing a job . |
| 17 | strict , straight to the point , the work went on the blackboard , you were given so long to do it , close your book and if you did n't do it you never saw the teacher , but you felt his cane on your knuckles and he knew you were n't doing your work , so you did it . |
| 18 | But there was big , it was a huge place , you know , and there were a lot of women that did really heavy men 's work , we were n't doing men 's work . |
| 19 | And then when I was about twenty four , twenty four or five I 'd got twenty men working for me , so er we were n't doing so bad . |
| 20 | Then at the end of the scene we noticed the Indians were n't doing what they normally did which was stick their poles in to stop the raft . |
| 21 | For instance the , the doctors in the hospitals had a lot of work because people rushed into jogging who were n't fit for it or were n't doing it with the right conditions . |
| 22 | AFTER THE Tunney fiasco , they were n't doing anything without putting it through the full committee structure . |
| 23 | He did n't condemn the money-lenders ; he did n't condemn the family and friends who were n't doing anything to help ; he did n't even ask her how much she needed . |
| 24 | I were n't doing it all although I sort of organized it . |
| 25 | I mean , I could n't pretend we were n't doing what we were . |
| 26 | But the they were n't doing very well at all there . |
| 27 | ‘ Sure you were n't doing a moonlight ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ If you were n't doing a runner , where were you going in such a hurry ? ’ |
| 29 | They were n't doing anything illegal and I was n't much of a fighter any more by then : I suppose I just caved in . |
| 30 | Salome and Alec were n't doing the Exhilarator for their health , were they ? ’ |