Example sentences of "[vb -s] [be] do a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appears that BA has been doing a bit of grey-importing ! |
| 2 | The Open Software Foundation is trying to figure out how to import object orientation into its Distributed Computing Environment , but is having trouble getting a handle on it , although part of its problem is thought to be attitudinal : it desperately needs an architectural and communications model and has been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 3 | The UK , Cambridge-based Olivetti Research Laboratory , ORL , funded jointly by Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA and DEC , has been doing a lot of work on the so-called ‘ active badge ’ technology — infra-red location devices linked to computer and telephone systems . |
| 4 | So Keith has been doing a lot of work erm and putting on a database information about office traffic , Y T occupancy , |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps Jacob 's been doing a bit of tidying up . ’ |
| 6 | It 's been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
| 7 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |