Example sentences of "he [be] doing [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what he is doing to promote opportunities for the British oil industry in winning orders and contracts overseas . |
| 2 | We will want to know what he is doing to address the POA 's concerns about the operation of ’ fresh start ’ . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what he is doing to discourage young Scottish homeless from leaving home and living rough in London . |
| 4 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 5 | And I do n't know what he no he do n't to me , and I do n't know what he 's doing hanging about with you lot . |
| 6 | Because he was doing complaining and all that then this , this one er Roger said that . |
| 7 | Unlike most grown-ups , he was usually ready to stop whatever he was doing to sit down and talk , and Oliver , who had looked forward to a good gossip , was both puzzled and disappointed when his friend stood up , spat on his hands and went back to his digging . |
| 8 | BRITISH snooker champion John Parrott yesterday revealed what he was doing to prepare for his title defence next week washing the dishes . |
| 9 | ‘ But from where I was out in the audience I could n't properly see what he was doing to get that amazing sound — so of course I assumed he was playing bottleneck . |
| 10 | The problem had been seriously aggravated by the poor performances of UK vehicle producers — his own company foremost among them — and the Prime Minister naturally wanted to know what he was doing to correct the adverse trend . |
| 11 | He 'd complain that all the work he was doing did n't seem to be making him any bigger . ’ |
| 12 | He was the official gamekeeper and knew the job inside out but for some reason what he was doing did n't suit Sir Emmanuel and the air turned blue . |
| 13 | Jeremy : What he was doing to try to become a sportsman . |
| 14 | Perhaps the enormity of what he was doing got to him — the difference , perhaps between hardened professional and gifted amateur — or perhaps it was simply that the holes became too tough for him . |