Example sentences of "been doing [adj] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael O'Reilly , parish priest of the hosting church , Our Lady of Good Counsel , added , ‘ I have been doing directed retreats for about fifteen years — it was good to have one in the parish which could be shared with our Christian friends from the other churches in Seacroft . |
| 2 | ‘ If he was n't a successful boxer , Mo would probably have been doing ten years for something or other now , ’ reckoned Tony Burns , Hope 's former coach from the Repton club . |
| 3 | ‘ Some of the stuff is very '70s sounding , but then again , as we 've been doing this thing for such a long time , I guess it 's kinda cool that all that is back in vogue . |
| 4 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
| 5 | he was sort of been doing this job for a week . |
| 6 | He had been doing voluntary work for young people , and they used to enjoy going dancing and out to a club for a drink on Saturday nights . |
| 7 | It 's not people only make this job difficult I believe erm if they do n't listen to the people who 's who have been doing these things for twenty years . |
| 8 | And that 's rather a pity because we 've been doing these holidays for a long time now , and I think , those people have enjoyed themselves ? |
| 9 | exactly , but why wait until nineteen eighty eight to discover that , how long had you been doing these estimates for ? , how many years have you been doing ? |
| 10 | I have been doing some work for a national charity recently and the director and one of the key office-bearers can not stand sight or sound of SARAH , which was a trifle awkward when she rang up once or twice ‘ wanting to pop in for a chat at your new office ’ . |
| 11 | Which is odd , since he has n't been doing any work for me . ’ |
| 12 | This is no mean task , especially if they have not been doing any recruitment for the past few months . |
| 13 | Hence my association with Flip , because they 've been doing second-hand clothes for 20 or 30 years . |