Example sentences of "[was/were] do [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , you were doing it right you prat ! |
| 2 | That 's the story I was thinking you were doing it today erm it 's called the green knight , but he has a name does n't he ? |
| 3 | They were doing a job not totally agreeable to them , but they were doing it professionally . |
| 4 | It was a , I think if you really did midwifery er when you were doing it privately there was always a doctor there i sort of in charge as well . |
| 5 | Were doing it when ? |
| 6 | Maybe they were doing it everywhere . |
| 7 | And you were doing it deliberately . |
| 8 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 9 | I do n't think it 's as simple as that because at the time that we were doing the budget , we were doing it really in September , and most of those other cate categories of work , apart from like auto-offs reports and things , were n't having an impact . |
| 10 | None has led me to that dangerous conclusion that we were doing it better over there than here . |
| 11 | In London not only did satirical intention seem redundant — other people were doing it better — but as a critical reaction to society it seemed inadequate and ultimately reactionary . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah I know , but your blood pr I mean they did d they were doing you very well but blood pressure does tend to rise , as you get older |
| 13 | He finished this one quicker than the other two and when that was done he immediately picked up the knife and cut the next slice . |
| 14 | After our day guitar shopping with the Senseless Things we figured the sensible thing was to do it again , but this time with a dedicated bass angle . |
| 15 | ‘ At first we tried breeze blocks , ’ Sally explains , ‘ but it very quickly occurred to us that the only way was to do it properly , using original bricks . ’ |
| 16 | and , and that 's er it 's all the slowness which was doing me in . |
| 17 | Clare began to feel a foolish kind of affection for the umbrella that was doing them both such sterling service . |
| 18 | Gone was the girl who worried about whether she was doing it right . |
| 19 | Anyway I went to see Foxy at lunchtime and erm and he said that erm er and I mentioned it to him and I said you know do n't go up to Sal and say Jess is feeling like erm you know , feeling that he 's , feeling really jealous because er if , if Sal is trying to get back that will just like please him , you know , if he is trying , if that 's the whole aim of the whole , you know , the operation then , then he 'll just feel pleased and it will also embarrass Jessica and she does n't want and if , and if it 's not , if it was nothing , you know , she 'll feel embarrassed so please do n't say anything and he said no no I 'll just make some subtle , subtle comment and he went up to , he told me that he went up to Sal and he goes erm and he says how 's everything going with Jessica and Sal goes yeah it 's good and , and he go erm cos er Phil erm cos Foxy goes oh cos it 's , it 's going really well with me and Catriona , it 's going really well I 'm really enjoying it , what about you , you know , and Sal goes yeah , it 's really good and Foxy goes erm you know is it , is it a long term thing then , you looking for a long term thing do you think and Sal goes yeah , what about you and Foxy goes yeah yeah definitely yeah , you know , cos he was doing it subtly so I came back and I said to Jess you know really , an and Foxy said there was nothing strange about , it was no f you know it was definitely to fe s f erm Sal was er you know being truthful , there was not like erm yeah well yeah you know and trying to get off the subject , it was n't it was completely , yeah , it 's brilliant , going really well , really enjoying it and it 's gon na be long term sort of thing . |
| 20 | I 'll have to wallpaper your bathroom , then paint it , I then have to touch up the door cos it 's that kind of paint and I had it like , on the top of the loo , I was doing it up a bit , and the next thing I saw was Felix coming onto the back of the wind ah |
| 21 | He had a lot of sympathy for the girl , she had taken on a lot and was doing it well . |
| 22 | cos I had a right old attitude , I mean , I mean , I know it sounds modest , but , I was doing it well , do n't get me wrong , I was doing it , and I , but then it started getting a bit |
| 23 | He was doing it again . |
| 24 | She was doing it again ! |
| 25 | Damn , she was doing it again — revealing far too much of her innermost thoughts , and to this man of all people ! |
| 26 | He was doing it again , she thought with some amazement — putting her on the spot and forcing her to examine things she 'd always taken for granted . |
| 27 | Dammit , she was doing it again — letting her mouth speak before her brain was properly engaged . |
| 28 | He was doing it again , saying one thing but making it sound like quite another . |
| 29 | He was doing it deliberately , purely to torment her . |
| 30 | Sounds as if he was doing it deliberately to get back at her , does n't it ? |