Example sentences of "i [verb] [be] doing [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'd been doing it for five years . |
| 4 | You see , I had been doing something about my own future , too . |
| 5 | I had been doing my best to mime the odd prayer since my dad died , but I had a feeling she saw through me . |
| 6 | I had been doing you an injustice ; but I am going to make a will leaving you all I have . |
| 7 | She said , with a brief nod at the file on her lap , ‘ I 've been doing what you asked me to do . |
| 8 | I 've been doing what she 's been doing , I think , all night . |
| 9 | Definitely erm what I was trying to do was not do what I 've been doing which is to jerk . |
| 10 | And those have gone home while I 've been doing something else for them , they 've gone , and left me ! |
| 11 | You mean I 've been doing them wrong all the way ? |
| 12 | Living is very important to me as I 've been doing it for a fair few years now . |
| 13 | I 've been doing it for years . |
| 14 | The phrase ‘ I 've been doing it all my life ’ may mean ‘ in this role I am confident and feel fulfilled ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 've been doing it without thinking . |
| 17 | I 've been doing it without you taking much notice for thirty years . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been doing it for some time , have n't I , love ? ’ |
| 19 | I 've been doing it bit by bit . |
| 20 | Oh cos when I 've been doing it |
| 21 | I 've been doing it . |
| 22 | I 've been doing it for |
| 23 | Oh I 've been doing it for a long time have n't I ? |
| 24 | Ooh I 've , yeah , I 've been doing it about three years . |
| 25 | I 've got two thirds of back and I 've been doing it a month . |
| 26 | Well I 've been doing it for a |
| 27 | Yes , I 've been doing it all evening , I was trying to suppress them all the way through politics lesson . |
| 28 | 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 ? |
| 29 | I 've been going to bed at half past one and I was doing the T M A for two nights , then I 've been doing his V A T for two nights so I 've got to bed really really late and I just and , the thing is , the T M A were all on about my then I just start to relax I had to resort to herbal knockout drops . |
| 30 | That 's what I 've been doing I meant I mean that ! |