Example sentences of "[verb] [be] doing this [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Yeah but but of course this chap has been doing this research in erm Bangladesh was n't it , I think ? |
2 | Are there any naked nuns in the film ? ’ — with cool , defiant charm , while George Harrison , who 'd been doing this sort of thing since his Beatle days , kept the whole thing on an even keel with his Liverpudlian wit and wisdom . |
3 | ‘ From the expression on Rik 's face , you would think he 'd been doing this sort of stuff all his life , ’ Gerald says . |
4 | Tell your daddy what you 've been doing this afternoon . |
5 | ‘ I 've been doing this character since I was 12 years old , and I used to talk like that . |
6 | One of the things we 've been doing this year is to actually have a club once a week , a sort of club night , when teachers can come it — this is particularly primary teachers — and use our machinery , look at our programs , go through our library and meet each other , so that the people who have got some expertise can then go back to the school and sort of spread their information and their enthusiasm in their schools . |
7 | For the last five years I 've been doing this series , for the last 12 months sharing it with Ed Douglas , and in all that time there 's been the rain . |
8 | Well how you 've been doing this week ? |
9 | Yeah but we 've done some Your saying we 've got ta do something about Christmas that 's all I 've been doing this week ! |
10 | ‘ But I 've been doing this job for so many years , I 've probably been playing the odds too long . ’ |
11 | ‘ Some of the stuff is very '70s sounding , but then again , as we 've been doing this thing for such a long time , I guess it 's kinda cool that all that is back in vogue . |
12 | I say that with some feeling because , in the three years , that I have been doing this job I have not heard so many well-qualified solicitors and barristers , people from the legal community and inquests and from pressure groups say that there are areas of deep concern . |
13 | ‘ So you would n't know what she 's been doing this week . ’ |