Example sentences of "[pers pn] was doing what " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was doing what I was doing because I was born into it . |
| 2 | ‘ I got round them by selling to them the fact that I was doing what they wanted me to do which was to get out into the business world and make contacts . |
| 3 | I thought I was doing what I , and I alone , wanted to do , but my pursuit of academic superiority shows that I was still striving to be the person my parents wanted me to be . |
| 4 | Well as far as I was concerned , I was doing what a doctor told me . |
| 5 | She was doing what all men hated : holding a post-mortem on an event which was no more important in the scheme of life than the enjoyment of a good wine ! |
| 6 | Her defence , that in providing for the poor she was doing what the HUD was supposed to do , earned her the nickname " Robin HUD " . |
| 7 | She was doing what she was best at : supervising . |
| 8 | Caroline was not only learning , she was doing what she 'd wanted to do , channelling her energy into something positive . |
| 9 | For the accused to be declared insane , he must be so diseased ‘ as to not know the nature and quality of the act he was doing ; or if he did know it , that he did not know he was doing what was wrong . ’ |
| 10 | Well , in theory he was doing what he was supposed to do since this was the time of day he always spent with Katrine and he had been told not to vary the routine . |
| 11 | He was doing what the saint willed . ’ |
| 12 | He was doing what Rebecca had asked . |
| 13 | She says he was doing what he wanted to do . |
| 14 | And then , I mean , but every one of us had a letter off him and said he was , he was doing what he can with the council |