Example sentences of "[be] do [prep] the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , I mean , reluctantly we have to accept that this is not an ideal world , but I mean , just now , we were actually looking at the number of food hygiene inspections that have been done over the last few months , which have increased enormously , it just means , I mean it emphasises the fact that food has changed , food , and the number of places that are actually serving food now I mean , the corner shop does sandwiches . |
| 2 | I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’ |
| 3 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 4 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 7 | and MOS equipment , which again , we we 've b successfully been doing over the last two or three years . |
| 8 | What it means for the homes is that they 're going to have to take a what we 've been doing over the last two or three years is gradually improving the staffing levels in our elderly people 's homes , because the dependency levels in those homes are getting very high . |
| 9 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What we have been doing over the last few weekends is exercising our right to search someone if we have a reasonable belief that they are carrying a weapon , ’ said Mr Wood . |
| 11 | What 've you been doing in the last five months that 's put on the weight ? |
| 12 | ‘ What I 've been doing in the last few weeks , long overdue , is to match up these various components . |
| 13 | There is much to be done over the next few months to achieve implementation in 1994/5 . |
| 14 | ‘ Some serious talking will need to be done over the next few weeks . |
| 15 | Everyone agrees that something will have to be seen to be done before the next annual general meeting in February . |
| 16 | No , no , Harrison , this will have to be done within the next two weeks . |
| 17 | The intention was for students to complete a short initial destinations questionnaire as they approached the end of their course , and it was suggested that this might be done in the last formal course session , or when projects were handed in ( if appropriate ) . |
| 18 | So much tree clearance work was done during the first ten years of the existence of Catchment Boards that it is now difficult to get a complete picture of the derelict state of the rivers before the passing of the Land Drainage Act in 1930 . |
| 19 | The main damage was done in the first twelve months , when GDP fell by 3 per cent , industrial production by 9 per cent , and unemployment doubled to 2.5 million . |