Example sentences of "about what [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then they 'd still presumably report back to the main group about what they 'd been doing . |
| 2 | We ca n't we devise publishing concepts which capture children 's imaginations in such a way that they are confident to spend as much time talking about what they have been reading as they are about last night 's episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ ? |
| 3 | It is in periods of reflection that the real learning occurs in drama , when people are given the chance to think about what they have been doing . |
| 4 | The most useful activities are those which stimulate children into thinking dynamically and constructively about what they have been doing . |
| 5 | Now making these points to and then to go backwards still about what we 've been talking about and that is it 's the same with the opera and what you were saying about Harry Enfield and everything else , that you can an and Billy Connolly , you can bring certain groups of people into areas where they would n't previously have been , but you will not necessarily take them on the next leaf so for example , this is all gon na sound snobby and I 'm sorry but you know I mean a lot of people like Gilbert and Sullivan for example , but will not move on to Bizet or whatever it is and will never do that and I mean I have a problem with that I mean it , to me it 's not we 're not it 's just reality , but we have to understand that I mean we have to understand that in the context of sponsorship |
| 6 | My father grilled us about what we had been doing all week . |
| 7 | We did n't sit down thinking deeply about what we had been doing or anything like that , largely because we were teaching at the same time . |
| 8 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |
| 9 | MR RICHARDS : First of all I d like you to tell me a bit about what you 've been doing . |
| 10 | ‘ She obviously has n't been too careful about what she 's been eating . ’ |