Example sentences of "[conj] doing it " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Stone , vice president of software engineering , claimed that customers wanted to keep their options open , either moving to OSF/1 and Alpha in one fell swoop , or doing it piece meal , changing operating system and chipset one step at a time . |
| 2 | Well that depends on whether you are actually doing it during an audit or doing it for other reasons , what they are looking for is that your system is getting better and that you have done the right things . |
| 3 | ‘ Or doing it in their cabins . ’ |
| 4 | There is nothing to be gained by translating dollars into pounds in this story any more than doing it in a bank , so the money is untouched . |
| 5 | Karen would n't commit adultery behind Dennis 's back , but there was nothing that excited her more than doing it under his nose . |
| 6 | rather than doing it direct , erm conscription of the painting |
| 7 | This is easier than doing it with numbers , any day . |
| 8 | Rather than doing it the other way . |
| 9 | But I , but I think you know the , the , the thing that I found erm most difficult as you say was , was actually completing the C C Q and I think part of it and asking the question but it is , certainly it would be easier to do it using that on your knee rather than doing it at the table because I was aware that I was turning away |
| 10 | But for him to go self-employed will cost him more money than doing it on the bl black market . |
| 11 | Rather than doing it in erm |
| 12 | It carries edifying tales of four children and a dog finding an old shed and doing it up as a clubhouse . |
| 13 | They use a business language that is so predictable and going out and doing it is not part of the course . |
| 14 | Whereupon he tried it stante pede , shoved the stool away and played standing at the organ , at the same time working the pedal , and doing it all as if he had been practising it for several months . |
| 15 | Should n't say things like that , I suppose , ’ he simpered , ‘ but all my friends are going off and doing it . |
| 16 | By starting later and doing it gradually you get a few extra weeks without the fuss and worry of having to give solids at all . |
| 17 | You can be very good at saying these things about love , and doing it in a kind of way people can identify with , but it does n't necessarily tell the whole truth about yourself . |
| 18 | There are surely plenty of unemployed people who for long were treated as less than human , who now long for the chance to demonstrate their humanity in helping others , and doing it with a smile . |
| 19 | In order to help him , she will have to devote some of her time to defining something that he would really like to do , and doing it with him . |
| 20 | Italian pilot Mario Mazzucchelli is planning an attempt to fly around the world nonstop , passing over both Poles , and doing it solo . |
| 21 | You can get the same sort of information from a Mel Bay book but going to Joe and doing it in a rock/heavy metal format made it a lot more interesting and a lot easier for me to learn . |
| 22 | The thing that you do best , which is playing guitar and doing it on a level which is artistic and creative , not only is that challenging but it 's satisfying too … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ They were only doing their job , and doing it properly , but when they eventually left me I was shaking with fear . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ By doing this , we 're simplifying the process of using a spreadsheet , and doing it in a consistent way . |
| 25 | All the time Frodo and Sam are spinning another , and doing it with the same chronological overlapping . |
| 26 | A man who is working for Britain and doing it brilliantly , deserves better than to have his income support allowance stopped . |
| 27 | ‘ A lot of people thing they 're difficult people , but it 's more a case of them knowing what they want and doing it again and again until they get it right ’ . |
| 28 | He 's all about excitement , entertainment , doing his bit for his country , and doing it with style — a curious travesty of the active citizen for the 1990s . |
| 29 | The the thing is Yeah , I mean anything Rather than travelling , telephone , because you have to run up an awful lot of telephone calls before it 's worth driving over and doing it |
| 30 | And then when you go back to school you wo n't be thinking , Oh they 're all rushing ahead and doing it and I 'm getting left |