Example sentences of "[been] do the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If colonoscopy had been done the extensive nature of the disease might have been recognised and the patient would have entered the programme . |
| 2 | Once a decision has been made , then quite honestly the sooner it can been done the better . ’ |
| 3 | His tattoo had been done the previous winter by a Chinese man in Harlesden , who specialized in non-fade colours , fluorescents and airbrush fantasy . |
| 4 | When this has been done the common problems of analysis can be dealt with . |
| 5 | This having been done the whole program is in x — IF/ALT , as required , after perhaps some renaming of bound variables . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 — ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Kenneth MacMillan is a master of many styles and views but it was he who first revealed Lynn Seymour 's dramatic gifts in Romeo and Juliet and has more recently been doing the same for Darcey Bussell . |
| 9 | She further alleged that an older brother had been doing the same . |
| 10 | We , myself and Bill , although we have been doing the same thing for more than 20 years , could not really work together . |
| 11 | Even as I am recounting the edited version , it occurs to me that Fairfax has probably been doing the same thing . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 14 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 15 | Had he been doing the same job when he was in Suffolk ? |
| 16 | The young , the young officer who came to me he said of course we 're so glad you got the number , you 're quite right it 's a car that 's been doing the same thing in Wokingham . |
| 17 | I mean the number 's quite , I said you , you reaffirmed that the number was the same one that had been doing the same thing in , in Wokingham . |
| 18 | Dougherty has been doing the basic research and clinical studies for the past five years . |
| 19 | At the same time , other cards have been doing the opposite , and our major competitor has recently announced an increase of eight per cent . |
| 20 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 21 | If he knew how old she was he might want her to tell him what she had been doing the last few years . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I 've just been doing the wrong question . |