Example sentences of "[is] only doing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall assessment : Look , those press vultures are always being beastly about Fergie , which is jolly unfair because she ca n't answer back and she 's only doing what any perfectly normal gel would do if they found themselves in her shoes , OK ? |
| 2 | Do n't answer , she adjured herself ; it is n't mandatory ; he 's only doing it to annoy you — then found she was totally incapable of being as rude as she wanted to be . |
| 3 | It 's only doing what 's right . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's only doing his job and pretty soon he 'll give up and go away . |
| 5 | PC Packer says he 's only doing his job . |
| 6 | There is , of course , nothing wrong with trying to look your best , but for the born-again Weldon to refuse to see anyone unless she spent half the day in the hairdressers and then proclaim that she 's only doing it to further her career ( oh , please ) smacks of hypocrisy of the very highest order . |
| 7 | I say she 's only doing , she 's only playing around . |
| 8 | Mr 's only doing it today so I ai n't got ta go in tomorrow . |
| 9 | He 's only doing it for my own good but I still do n't like it . |
| 10 | The commonest explanation of King Hussein 's behaviour is that he is only doing what he has always done best : surviving . |
| 11 | Rickman , the thinking woman 's Anthony Andrews , is only doing his duty : he and Miss Horton ( above right ) step out together . |
| 12 | ‘ Mr. Bishop is mistaken in thinking we are litterbugs , but he is only doing his duty in taking steps to protect Ferngrove Park . |
| 13 | BT can afford to take a smaller profit , of course , but it is only doing that because it has been shamed into doing so by its customers . |
| 14 | I approach the case , therefore , on the footing that , in looking after the child , the mother is only doing what she is legally bound to do . |
| 15 | He is only doing what he has to do . |
| 16 | Shylock says himself that it is not only a Jewish teaching , it is also a Christian 's way of thought , and he is only doing what a Christian would do : ( Act 3 , Scene 1 , lines 54–55 ) |
| 17 | Miss chalk and that is terrible of you implying that Miss is only doing it to get her voice on the recorder . |
| 18 | And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff . |