Example sentences of "he [vb past] [be] doing [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously he 'd been doing some kind of a finance deal ; setting up a takeover ; and he 'd lifted some off the top for himself . ’ |
| 2 | anyway their Bev 's husband he 'd been doing some work plus some money they dropped on these spindles , so she was telling me |
| 3 | ‘ From the expression on Rik 's face , you would think he 'd been doing this sort of stuff all his life , ’ Gerald says . |
| 4 | He had been doing Limited Edition Club books from the beginning . |
| 5 | When it was Meehan 's turn and they asked him what he had been doing that night , he said he had driven to Stranraer ( to case the motor taxation office , he admitted later ) with an Englishman called Jim Griffiths ; and they had come back via the outskirts of Ayr in the early hours of the morning . |
| 6 | He had been doing voluntary work for young people , and they used to enjoy going dancing and out to a club for a drink on Saturday nights . |
| 7 | He had been doing excellent business from the Lionisers , so good that he was beneficent enough to feel sorry for poor old Cedric . |
| 8 | ‘ He had been doing some cricket practice with the younger boarders . |