Example sentences of "[pers pn] have been do the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries . |
| 2 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 3 | If he knew how old she was he might want her to tell him what she had been doing the last few years . |
| 4 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 5 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 6 | We , myself and Bill , although we have been doing the same thing for more than 20 years , could not really work together . |
| 7 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |