Example sentences of "have been doing [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I 'd very much like to know , ’ he said , ‘ what Masklin has been doing these past few weeks … ’ |
2 | Yeah , and you 've been doing that for many many years , English |
3 | I mean they 've been doing that for half a century or more , only now it 's getting more and they ca n't . |
4 | No , no there 's not I mean I 've been doing this for fifteen years , and quite simply is , if you like , I 've been up the ladder , the contacts that were I 've had were relatively junior fifteen years ago |
5 | Now now we 've been doing this for twenty years and I 've got a I 've got a feel for |
6 | I 've been doing this for twenty five years so the best deal I 've ever done is the sale I make each week which brings me three hundred quidHe later went onto spend over five hundred pounds on a Mickey Mouse Toy . |
7 | Now you 've been doing this for 25 years , that 's quite a long stint is n't it ? |
8 | And of course we 've been doing these for twenty years , folders . |
9 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
10 | ‘ It is interesting that a major conservation charity like the Trust has been served with a writ now , when we have been doing this for 30 years at Blickling , ’ he added . |