Example sentences of "[verb] been doing for [art] " in BNC.

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1 In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now .
2 ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’
3 But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes .
4 It was in that frame of mind that I moved into the Olympic year indoor season , saying , as I had been doing for a long time , ‘ In ‘ 88 , I 'll graduate ! ’
5 That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions .
6 The reason for his pleasure , as well as for the handkerchief 's greyness , was that he had washed it himself … and really he had done just as good a job as the dhobi had been doing for the most extravagant prices .
7 Luckily the washing machine coped as adequately with Ruth 's clothes as it had been doing for the past six years .
8 ‘ You 're a bloody good photographer and the work you 've been doing for the last five years proves it .
9 ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’
10 ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months !
11 A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time .
12 It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months .
13 I do n't know then what we have been doing for the last four weeks , when we first asked . ’
14 One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library .
15 Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago .
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