Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pers pn] [verb] be do [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of which she had been doing as Liz left the car . |
| 2 | Despite the tempting offer , Stephanie decided that working in Northampton House for Rentokil , which she 's been doing since August 1991 , was definitely preferable to Tunisia . |
| 3 | It 's been made even more humiliating by the circumstances in which it 's been done like public rape . |
| 4 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 5 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 7 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 8 | It 's fascinating and deals with attitude and mind control , using a technique called ‘ visualisation ’ which is more or less what I have been doing with my Knights . |
| 9 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 10 | I also swear that what I do is done with the full knowledge of Bishop Wishart ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 13 | What I want you to do now is tell me what you 've been doing with Miss this week Tuesday . |
| 14 | Just talk like what you 've been doing at school and things like that . |
| 15 | I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl . |
| 16 | If you 're opting for a perm or colour , always tell your hairdresser what you 've been doing to your hair . |
| 17 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 18 | It depends first on what you 've been doing in those 29 years , whether you 're willing to get new skills if necessary , and finally , how persistent you are in your job search . |
| 19 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Let me see what you have been doing for us , ’ Charles said smiling widely beneath his white moustache . |
| 21 | That is what you have been doing by lying about the many things you say took place . ’ |
| 22 | out of what we 've been doing with this . |
| 23 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
| 24 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 25 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Let's see what they 've been doing to you . |
| 28 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 29 | There is also a ‘ Stop and Check ’ revision section in the Workbook after every third unit to allow students to review what they have been doing in class and to decide their own priorities for future self-study . |
| 30 | While it is perfectly valid for children to step back from what they have been doing in drama and write about it , the exciting alternative of writing ( or drawing , or carrying out scientific experiments ) within the context of the drama , as the characters they are playing , produces lively and highly motivated work . |