Example sentences of "[vb base] been do a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 2 | But I often find myself being far less nervous than the artists I 'm supporting , because I 'm so used to gigging ; I 've been doing a steady diet of around four gigs a week to support myself for many years , whereas they make an album then go out on tour every two years . ’ |
| 3 | February 18 — now that the risk of death is so much more increased I 've been doing a spot of philosophising . |
| 4 | Actually I 've been doing a few things this year when no one has recognised me and nobody knew . |
| 5 | Well , he has n't actually collected any in and I 've been doing a lot of work at home for it , you know , masses . |
| 6 | I 've been doing a lot of that lately . |
| 7 | ‘ We lease the land out to the forestry people , and they 've been doing a helicopter survey . ’ |
| 8 | Er I 've been doing a , been writing a book now , for about ten years . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been doing a bit of reading , ’ ventures Naomi . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been doing a lot of reading , ’ she said . |
| 11 | You know , maybe we pick someone from groups who 've been doing a lot of good work lately , perhaps or something or you know some something like that , just er so they 're not left out the frame |
| 12 | If you like , I 've been doing a job which I should n't be doing . |
| 13 | , so we 've been doing a few need a good wash |
| 14 | Well you , you 've been doing a lot just recently , the last few days |
| 15 | Virgin had , to a large extent , been built on Branson 's abilities at man-management and manipulation — his unrivalled capacity , as one friend put it , ‘ to get people to do things for him , and feel that they are the ones who have been done a favour ’ . |
| 16 | For the past two years , police say , prostitutes have been doing a lively business in the Golden Acres apartments — a group of flats filled with retired old men . |
| 17 | Some retailers have been doing a brisk trade in the new toys , others apparently have not . |
| 18 | ‘ You have been doing a job . |
| 19 | ‘ I have been doing a meteorology course at the Met Office College in Reading , ’ she tells me . |
| 20 | ‘ They have been doing a fantastic job putting the Berlitz name in a leading position since the move from Lausanne and through the process of merger with Fukutake , ’ said Mr Kirkpatrick . |
| 21 | Something I have been doing a lot these last days . |
| 22 | Yes , they have been doing a number of things in the past , I think the Y T S or new youth training as it is now , was a good thing , it had a lot of criticism . |