Example sentences of "and doing [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was dabbling with drugs and doing plenty of drugs and also I 'd become very arrogant . |
| 2 | Clearly while we do have gliders that spin , it is vital to give pilots enough experience to recognise what is happening and to make the right moves instead of panicking and doing nothing . |
| 3 | Over the months Jay found she liked being around Lucy , enjoyed desiring her and doing nothing about it . |
| 4 | ‘ Heard the latest ? ’ said Harriet in the kitchen where they were lounging and doing nothing as usual . |
| 5 | But Dostoevsky did not want to surrender the tract of suffering bounded by the sense of being and doing nothing but one 's thoughts . |
| 6 | Yet all babies would die if left alone , and the act of standing by and doing nothing is tantamount to injurious action . |
| 7 | I just love sitting and reading and doing NOTHING … a huge man came here the other day and practically THREATENED me if I would n't write my life story … offered me any money I asked for … but thank God I am well off now . |
| 8 | Oban was a different kind of noise and fat bare-armed people wearing far too much white and doing nothing but staring . |
| 9 | Breeze expected her to refuse , for she had always hated enforced idleness ; but she was so tired that she was glad to stay where she was , lying quite still and doing nothing . |
| 10 | The men 's committee was waffling on twice a week and doing nothing ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ But I ca n't see Philip sitting back and doing nothing about it . |
| 12 | Holyfield starts training next month , but right now is watching the Olympics and doing nothing more testing than shadow boxing and jogging two miles a day around the Crystal Harmony , the Coca-Cola company 's flagship in Barcelona harbour . |
| 13 | ‘ I enjoy talking about things other than golf , I love just sitting around and doing nothing , watching TV , going into the kitchen , walking around a while and watching the stock market . |
| 14 | In the words of the regional secretary , sitting there and doing nothing is no longer an option . |
| 15 | Er and er well it 's not just one innovative idea er it 's just innovative idea after idea er which is encouraging because it er means that the company is not resting on its laurels er having found an avenue and an opportunity they do n't seem to be content just to sit expanding and developing that and doing nothing else . |
| 16 | And he 's been under somebody or other at Charing Cross Hospital I , who has a rather different approach to the whole thing , many other people 's involve rest and doing nothing and so on and so forth . |
| 17 | But when you 've got people stood behind a desk and serving you and doing nothing but serving you as you come . |
| 18 | The situation in the islands is now fundamentally different because of the existence of Comhairle nan Eilean — the Western Isles Islands Authority — which has much greater resources both for investigating local problems and doing something to solve them , than any voluntary organisation possibly could , but the question remains whether the technique devised by the Lewis Association still has validity . |
| 19 | In response to Mr Fothergill 's letter concerning Carlton amps , we enjoy being in the music business , and to us that means listening to what guitarists want and doing something about it . |
| 20 | It still preaches old-fashioned family values , rather than rolling up its sleeves and doing something to help the single-parent families and the thousands of homeless who exist on Britain 's streets . |
| 21 | Dr Robert Bradnock of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London said : ‘ Although the older generation strongly feel the pull of the old countries , I think they will put a lot of pressure on the young people to try and stop them rushing off and doing something which might escalate out of control . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ There 's never been much of a plan , so there 's no reason to cancel out any initial plans of getting degrees and going on and doing something else . ’ |
| 23 | Nothing she said , just a way she has of slightly turning and doing something else and not replying as quickly as she might . |
| 24 | For the instinctive smooth operator for whom attention-seeking , money and excitement are more important than morals , security and doing something worthwhile , it is an easy job . |
| 25 | We carried on using the encyclopedia to make plans , taking ourselves out of that room to beautiful , exotic places , places of joyful freedom , sailing oceans , crossing mountain ranges and doing something worthwhile . |
| 26 | probably get it loaded and doing something and then optimize the Smart Drive . |
| 27 | Therese was standing on the stage , Madge Grimsilk on her knees crouching and doing something to the bottom of Therese 's costume , which was most certainly not the hired costume . |
| 28 | But we just you know like Saturday night we really enjoy making a nice meal and having a nice bottle of wine or something and doing something |
| 29 | Not neurotic , that , just a way of parcelling out the time , and doing everything I need to . |
| 30 | His own mother had been , and to some extent remained , an intrusive presence in his life , and he had started to shut her out by keeping busy and doing everything for himself . |