Example sentences of "[be] what [pron] have [been] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 2 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 3 | That 's what they had been doing before . |
| 4 | They 're some of the things that you can think out and er work out you know , that 's , that 's what we 've been trying to do . |
| 5 | That 's what we 've been doing . |
| 6 | And that 's what we 've been doing . |
| 7 | And that 's what we 've been doing , all about it . |
| 8 | So far , that 's what we 've been studying with the 8th note groove and the 16th note groove . |
| 9 | It 's what we 've been working at for the last three years . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's what we 've been working for all season , ’ said the delighted Whitham , who now has his sights set on the international scene for 1994 , either in Superbikes or the 500cc Grand Prix series . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's what he 's been saying all the time , ’ said Len . |
| 12 | Well , he told Mummy , and now she 's furious , because apparently it 's what she 'd been hoping for . |
| 13 | That 's what she 's been doing . |
| 14 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 15 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 16 | ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with . |
| 17 | Then , with the massive illogic he was sometimes capable of , Leo said in a quieter voice : ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to say . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to tell you , ’ Myra said . |
| 19 | I mean biologists , when they 're talking to one another , are , by and large , talking about Darwin and that 's what I 've been trying to do . |
| 20 | That 's what I 've been wanting , every second of every day . |
| 21 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |
| 22 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 23 | That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks . |
| 24 | It 's what I 've been doing today . |
| 25 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm a manic gardener and I that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 27 | Well that 's what I , that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 28 | So that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 29 | So that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 30 | Yeah , that 's what I 've been doing cutting down gradual . |