Example sentences of "i [verb] be do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | as far as the racking itself 's concerned has it erm affected the stability of the racking or has it just dented it I mean is do we need to do anything about it ? |
2 | ‘ What I mean is do you for instance know the three-times table ? ’ |
3 | Cos I 'd lost about half a stone in weight , and I was cut down on chocolate biscuits , and I , what I 'd been doing I was was at my tea , at five o'clock , I was eating another at ten o'clock , I reckon I was overdoing it a bit you know with the I was trying to cut down a lot |
4 | I gave him the booklet and I told him I 'd been doing it … oh , yes , and he 'd put it in as one of his objectives for this year . |
5 | I 'd been doing it for five years . |
6 | ‘ What I meant was do you wish to pull in somewhere till this has eased a bit ? ’ |
7 | I had been doing you an injustice ; but I am going to make a will leaving you all I have . |
8 | You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ? |
9 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
10 | I 've been doing it for years . |
11 | The phrase ‘ I 've been doing it all my life ’ may mean ‘ in this role I am confident and feel fulfilled ’ . |
12 | I used to say Uncle I do n't lie , you know you 're do oh I 've been doing it for years you all that sort of thing you know . |
13 | I 've been doing it without thinking . |
14 | I 've been doing it without you taking much notice for thirty years . ’ |
15 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
16 | I 've been doing it bit by bit . |
17 | Oh cos when I 've been doing it |
18 | I 've been doing it . |
19 | I 've been doing it for |
20 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
21 | Ooh I 've , yeah , I 've been doing it about three years . |
22 | I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month . |
23 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
24 | Yes , I 've been doing it all evening , I was trying to suppress them all the way through politics lesson . |
25 | I mean I 've been doing it for such a long time now it 's important to me to go on doing it , but then that might be rather like it 's important for you to go on doing physics , is n't it ? |
26 | That 's what I 've been doing I meant I mean that ! |
27 | No I 've been doing I 've been doing |
28 | You may say ‘ Surely I do not need to learn how to listen , I have been doing it all my life . ’ |