Example sentences of "[pron] have been doing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 2 | I went reinforced too by all I had been doing for myself and with the knowledge that I felt better than I had felt for some time and that that growth towards well being appeared to be increasing with each day . |
| 3 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 4 | It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’ |
| 5 | On the other hand no one else did the work I had been doing over the past year . |
| 6 | ‘ When the police told me everything I had been doing over the last month it totally freaked me out . ’ |
| 7 | They 'll let me in. — I 've been doing for her for years . ’ |
| 8 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been doing as you suggested the other day — putting the patients first . ’ |
| 10 | The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them . |
| 11 | The images I 've been doing over the past few years are like great sculptures , the weather has been getting to them and they are crumbling , their faces have cracks in them . |
| 12 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 14 | Cos I 've been doing round the edges |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Unless she is very lucky , she will be the one who will be expected to provide the stimulation , for her elderly parent may have been alone since breakfast-time , and will be waiting to be ‘ cheered up ’ by stories of all she has been doing during the day . |
| 19 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 20 | Rain said : ‘ If Sabine Jourdain planned to reveal how much of Durance 's work she 'd been doing for him , a lot of people would have preferred she did n't . ’ |
| 21 | But what would she have been doing in Southwark ? |
| 22 | What would you have been doing to what , to comes up with |
| 23 | I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl . |
| 24 | If you 're opting for a perm or colour , always tell your hairdresser what you 've been doing to your hair . |
| 25 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 27 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
| 29 | What I want you to do now is tell me what you 've been doing with Miss this week Tuesday . |
| 30 | And tell me what else you 've been doing at school ? |