Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] doing [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands . |
| 2 | If you , if you were the patient you might say it 's wrong because erm she does n't look like she knows what she 's doing or there 's a mistake or something gets missed . |
| 3 | Even though she 's not here in person , her personality comes across in terms of someone who knows exactly what she 's doing and is strong in her views . |
| 4 | The best way to approach bad behaviour is to tell the child to stop whatever she 's doing and give her a reason why . |
| 5 | Please come home and we 'll have the meal she 's doing and if you 've nowhere to go you 're very welcome to stay . |
| 6 | Tell Thatcher you are against what she 's doing and vote Communist . " |
| 7 | but she tends like you say forget what she 's doing and |
| 8 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 9 | As Carolyn observes : ‘ I 'm not a terribly spiritual person but I do believe that she was meant to do what she is doing and she certainly believes that . |
| 10 | But the promise of the student 's higher education is realized when the student is able to raise him or herself out of that state of ‘ delight ’ ( to borrow again from Marjorie Reeves ) and to reflect on what he or she is doing and thinking . |
| 11 | I have the right to know what she is doing and , if she is having an affair , it has got to stop because it is driving me out of my mind . ’ |
| 12 | But we 're grateful to Eileen for what she is doing and will continue to do and we 're grateful to John for what he intends to do erm for three years at any stage wha at any stage in which they choose . |
| 13 | I like it fine , except for this brushing , I object to all this mess it 's doing and |
| 14 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 15 | His uncertainty principle ( discussed in detail in Chapter 5 ) says that if I know where an electron is I have no idea of what it is doing and , conversely , if I know what it is doing I do not know where it is . |
| 16 | Similarly the anglers that can control their terminal tackle , and not only that , but know what it is doing and what they are trying to do with it , with a greater degree of accuracy and confidence , will be winners . |
| 17 | You can drive along a motorway for years and see nothing , but once you learn the quivering shape above the verge is a hovering kestrel looking for voles in the short grass , it becomes difficult to pass a kestrel ever again without mentally noting what it is , what it is doing and why it is there . |
| 18 | The NSA is now so large , so complex , and so secret that no one in America , least of all the president or Congress , has any idea what it is doing or how sensibly the taxpayers ' money is being spent . |
| 19 | or even if he , even if he is doing that he 's not gon na , he 's not gon na |
| 20 | And if he is doing that I do n't think he 'll mind us going on there cos the other dogs that have started walking on there , do you know what I mean ? |
| 21 | Once he is in the grip of a real temper tantrum , it is useless to try punishing him , since he is beyond all reason , unable to understand what he is doing or what you are saying . |
| 22 | An outsider , too , can often distinguish between a child ‘ lost ’ in what he is doing and a child intent on ‘ showing ’ what he is doing . |
| 23 | The important thing for the pastor who sometimes directs and sometimes counsels is to know what he is doing and when . |
| 24 | Library education will be more effective if the student understands what he is doing and why he is doing it — that is , if new facts can be related to existing knowledge . |
| 25 | To drive a London black cab , you have to pass stringent geographical and driving tests , so you can be sure that any London cabbie knows what he is doing and where he is going . |
| 26 | This should momentarily distract William from whatever he is doing and raise a laugh from neighbouring tables . |
| 27 | Giving marks for written work can help the student to assess how well he is doing and can serve as reinforcement ( either because good marks tell him he is making satisfactory progress or because poor marks will tell him he must make a grater effort ) . |
| 28 | So erm we 're both very concerned , not worried , very concerned about what on earth he is doing and what he is going to do . |
| 29 | Do n't know what he 's doing but he 's |
| 30 | You know , as the stuff he 's doing because |