Example sentences of "have been doing the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | And on days when you feel altogether too slobby either to run or swim , you can weigh yourself , confident in the knowledge that because you have cut out all alcohol and fat and have been doing the running and swimming , your weight will have fallen . |
| 3 | While it is wise to show a certain deference to those older than you who have been doing the job for years and who would be alienated by over-confident brashness , you must not look as though you might be a drag on whoever you are hoping to work with . |
| 4 | We , myself and Bill , although we have been doing the same thing for more than 20 years , could not really work together . |
| 5 | Arguments over intellectual property rights and re-writing code have been doing the rounds of the court system for years . |
| 6 | If the police had never set up the jewellers shop , they would , in my judgment , have been doing the same thing , though of course they would not have been doing it in that shop , at that time . |
| 7 | At the same time , other cards have been doing the opposite , and our major competitor has recently announced an increase of eight per cent . |
| 8 | on a limited number of schemes we have been doing the estimates for four or five years |
| 9 | I watch Southport , who have been doing the business this season , and I have noticed an increase in our crowd attendances . |