Example sentences of "[Wh det] they have be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I ask each group what they 've been doing . |
| 32 | review with them where they 're at , record how they 're doing , you know tra , I mean I ca n't tell them to do that , but actually ask them to spend five or ten minutes each session talking to different pupils and what they 've been doing and you know even if it 's a personal timetable some people wo n't get into it but it 's you know , trying to get them to be what are tutors are , you know , I 'd like them to do . |
| 33 | You seen what they 've been doing ? |
| 34 | All the people that I 've seen trying to do it have all my sympathy , because I know what they 've been going through . |
| 35 | I know that our children by enlarge er their vocabulary does n't extend to erm what er , polysyllabic words which which might really sum up for an adult what they 've been going through , how they 've enjoyed it but what is the terrible form we had last year in seventh year , was it seven G ? |
| 36 | The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . |
| 37 | There they brought the coracle ashore lightly , and drew in , with reluctance and the reverence of finality , what they had been hunting with such assiduity , and so persistently hoped they would not find . |
| 38 | Of course , compared to what they had been producing with a typewriter and some rub-down lettering , the desktop publishing system was producing wonderful material — it just did n't conform to any of the professional standards . |
| 39 | All three were still dressed in what they had been wearing in the camp : corduroy trousers , khaki shirts and pullovers and big nailed boots . |
| 40 | 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 ! |
| 41 | Everywhere there was evidence of abandoned normality as though everyone had put down what they had been doing , and then simply vanished ; half finished cups of coffee , dishevelled beds , games of scrabble and cards laid out , play suspended . |
| 42 | The head explained that the school had a lower/middle/ upper division and the lower school head briefly explained that the children were going to show the parents and new children what they had been doing . |
| 43 | As soon as most dealers actually knew anything , they would get disgusted with what they had been doing , and wanted out . |
| 44 | That 's what they had been doing before . |
| 45 | The APM and the report provided an opportunity for governors to explain , justify and evaluate what they had been doing , especially with regard to the quality of education offered . |
| 46 | Although this was the exact opposite of what they had been saying in the previous year , it was consistent in suggesting that there was a conflict between leaders and members . |
| 47 | Hundreds more will follow , prompting Mr Hildesheimer to suggest that the best commemoration would be not to perform Mozart at all until next year , so that everyone could realise what they had been missing . |
| 48 | The established , and now publicized , fact that women 's sexual capacity increases with age , at least until the late twenties , and stays at this peak for decades , while men 's is already declining , came as a shock both to men , who suddenly discovered they were the unlucky sex , and to women who had not realized what they had been missing . |
| 49 | We ca n't we devise publishing concepts which capture children 's imaginations in such a way that they are confident to spend as much time talking about what they have been reading as they are about last night 's episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ ? |
| 50 | ‘ I know exactly what they have been saying on TV . |
| 51 | Two public performances this week at Leeds Polytechnic 's Studio Theatre of the group 's latest show , Troublesome Behaviour , have allowed theatregoers to see what they have been missing . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | It is in periods of reflection that the real learning occurs in drama , when people are given the chance to think about what they have been doing . |
| 54 | The most useful activities are those which stimulate children into thinking dynamically and constructively about what they have been doing . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ The region has got to come out in the open and to do more than what they have been doing before to make a real commitment to get rid of racism , particularly institutional racism which has been built up over many , many years . ’ |
| 58 | She thought the girls would regard anyone who wanted to relive her childhood as wringingly wet , but they did n't openly sneer — just went back to whatever they 'd been doing while Constance and Camille walked away to appreciate the fine lines and charming dispositions of twenty greyhounds . |
| 59 | Drunks and drug-takers are less susceptible to pain , because their senses are numbed by whatever they have been drinking or taking . |