Example sentences of "[was/were] doing [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In accepting the payments the revenue were doing no more than agreeing that they would not be treated as prejudicing any such right . |
| 2 | In saying that the power exists we were doing no more than to reaffirm the unlimited nature of the court 's inherent jurisdiction over minors , a jurisdiction which empowers and may require the court to override the wishes of a minor , even if he or she has sufficient understanding to make an informed decision . |
| 3 | said that if the defendants were doing no more than perform an obligation already cast upon them by law there was no consideration for the plaintiffs agreement not to sue . |
| 4 | We appeared to have students of the same native wit coming to courses in the arts and the sciences and the technologies , and the technologies were requiring quite a lot of these colleges to kick off with unclassified degrees , and finally began to weaken a little , I think , when they found that business studies and art and design were doing no such thing . |
| 5 | But the authors insisted that they were doing no more than " vindicating and asserting … antient rights and liberties " . |
| 6 | ‘ Brenda said they were doing a post mortem this morning . |
| 7 | as if they were doing a bizarre dance , followed by Marx , Herr Nordern backed through the tiny vestibule , into the sitting-room , and a silent , apprehensive circle of Norderns . |
| 8 | Mr Waldegrave told doctors what they wanted to hear : they were doing a wonderful job and the NHS was not being turned into a tawdry commercial business . |
| 9 | They were doing a sort of Nordic cha cha cha with Dutch doll movements , hands and feet turned out at right angles and clockwork jerks of the head . |
| 10 | The robots were doing a lot of turning people back , and the guard-manned point was thronged with a wedge-shaped queue of complaining travellers . |
| 11 | One night there was a little backdrop of a painted garden , and in front of it two new boys were doing a strip routine to the original ‘ Let's Stay Together ’ ; but then they got carried away and ended up just leaning against the wall together , leaning up against the painted flowerbeds and the little painted bridge , just kissing and making love right there , for at least forty minutes , nobody minded . |
| 12 | They were doing a lot better than him . |
| 13 | The ad-man opposite had been casting meaningful glances at her all evening , and the likeliest explanation seemed to be that she and Roger were doing a number together and I 'd inadvertently got caught in the crossfire . |
| 14 | We were doing a gig with Rod Stewart , and his bass player T. M. Stevens has the most amazing amount of rack gear — like two mini tower blocks ! |
| 15 | ‘ Then somewhere about halfway , we were doing a scene , and after we had finished he turned to me and smiled and said , ‘ Got me . ’ |
| 16 | The cousins up from Wylye were doing a brisk business at Abney Park . |
| 17 | The pubs were doing a roaring trade , what with this newfound prosperity and the constant flow of soldiers on leave with money to spend and precious little time to get rid of it . |
| 18 | ‘ We were doing a project on environment and quality of life in Europe , ’ said Mrs Lambert . |
| 19 | This girl we know was in Germany and they were doing a PA and she ran up to Richard Fm and said ‘ I 've come all the way from England to see you ’ — which was a complete lie — and she said , ‘ Can I have a signed photo ? ’ |
| 20 | Apparently they were doing a programme about monarchs who 'd lost their thrones and gone into exile . |
| 21 | ‘ The Protons were basically a punk rock band , ’ Lenny explains , as the ‘ Weed luxuriate in the compact and bijou confines of the third support band 's dressing facilities at the London Astoria , ‘ and these two guys were doing a '60s R&B thing . |
| 22 | Men in shirtsleeves and women in summer dresses were strolling around the airport and ice-cream vendors were doing a brisk trade . |
| 23 | Although our life was cold and miserable , I felt enthusiastic because I was fit and because we were doing a lot of military training . |
| 24 | somebody else that er we were doing a course with who had a tremendous skill with high |
| 25 | Again it was done live and so , from the cast 's point-of-view , they were expected to learn their lines and movements as if they were doing a conventional four act stage play . |
| 26 | As long as you kept the public happy and there were no complaints — no-one could find any complaints to write into Head Office with — you were doing a good job . |
| 27 | Six you were doing a harder one than they was asking . |
| 28 | One party had come as a dragon and were doing a conga through the dancing couples , tail disintegrating even as the giant head bobbed up and down . |
| 29 | In a title search , for example , a search for an incomplete or garbled title would lead to the choice of a title index display or a search for titles containing the words of the search , and thenceforth behave rather as if it were doing a subject search . |
| 30 | They were doing a job not totally agreeable to them , but they were doing it professionally . |