Example sentences of "[pers pn] are doing nothing " in BNC.

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1 It does good , though you feel nothing , see nothing , yes , even though you are doing nothing .
2 The handsome young fisherman Pablo had joined them in the café , and now he said , ‘ Señorita , you are doing nothing today .
3 They still do not concede that we are doing nothing to force any GP to spend less time with his patients .
4 Not all meat and dairy products are produced intensively and Singer seems to allow that it we are confident that ours came from animals humanely bred and slaughtered then we are doing nothing wrong in eating it .
5 We are doing nothing of the sort .
6 Meanwhile , large supermarkets are defying the law by opening on Sundays and abusing society in almost everything they do , but we are doing nothing about it .
7 When young supporters chant ‘ We 'll be running round Pompey with our willies hanging out , singing I 've got a bigger one than you ’ , or some other scatological rhyme , slightly changed to fit the time and place , they are doing nothing new .
8 just as there are too many people who feel guilty if they are doing nothing , there are far too many who seem to feel guilty if they are joyful .
9 The youths studied — and you might like to consider the extent to which their experiences and expectations are commonplace — and are aware that in their leisure time they are doing nothing , are bored with it .
10 However , most subjects reported that they are doing nothing to avoid TB exposure , and many of those who report doing something are taking precautions that are not likely to be effective .
11 ‘ We have people here who are QCs and clergymen and they feel they have to be very careful , although they are doing nothing wrong . ’
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