Example sentences of "you [be] doing [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know you have n't been doing any English and that , but erm , have you have you been doing much reading ? |
| 2 | How long had you been doing that ? " |
| 3 | And how long have you been doing that ? |
| 4 | What had you been doing that day ? |
| 5 | What have you been doing all day — walking round with the Michelin , looking at churches ? ’ |
| 6 | He said , What have you been doing all this time ? |
| 7 | What 've you been doing all day today ? . |
| 8 | What you been doing all day ? |
| 9 | How long have you been doing all this ? |
| 10 | ‘ How long have you been doing this and where do you go afterwards ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why , have n't you been doing this sort of work ? ’ |
| 12 | So what have you been doing this morning Em , lots of work . |
| 13 | Anyway , what have you been doing these past two days ? ’ |
| 14 | Look , Bina , what have you been doing these last few days ? |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | It is obvious enough if you happen to be going through a particularly traumatic time , but what about when you are doing all those ordinary things like reading , writing , driving or pursuing any so-called ‘ relaxing ’ activity ? |
| 17 | " Perhaps it is most convenient to imagine you are doing all that you do here at the behest of some distant ogre . " |
| 18 | You are doing that too often of late . |
| 19 | ‘ There is some decent evidence that you are doing that job quite well . |
| 20 | I know you are doing that , but you must put it into words . |
| 21 | ‘ It is sort of like a tramp freighter , sort of plodding round from point to point ’ , said the air branch officer ; ‘ and you do n't ask too many questions when you are doing this . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Stop what you are doing this minute . ’ |
| 23 | While you are doing this trick it 's a good idea to invent a little patter . |
| 24 | While you are doing this , check that the impeller is clear and that hose connections are tight . |
| 25 | While you are doing this , take the opportunity to inspect the condition of all flexes linking portable or free-standing appliances to the mains , and also those holding pendant ceiling lights . |
| 26 | While you are doing this , a co-instructor can be discussing the Smith family issues with the trainees . |
| 27 | If you are doing this without instructors you will have to imagine suitable rewards and punishers . |
| 28 | Connecting up When the new rising main is in place ( together with a new cistern and the pipes leading from it , if you are doing this ) , you can connect up to the mains stopcock and to the cold water cistern . |
| 29 | She says give us a reason why you are doing this . |
| 30 | For it received the neglect that a great deal of insider research achieves and was channelled ( unopened ) to me , accompanied by a two-line memo from a senior officer which suggested , ‘ I understand you are doing some research ; you may find this useful ’ . |