Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] be do [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tod 's been doing this quite a bit lately — grunting : Shtib . |
| 2 | The Hydrogeology Group has been doing such work on behalf of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) : repeat drilling at five sites in the Chalk of East Anglia reveals decreased nitrate concentrations in the upper part of the unsaturated zone . |
| 3 | Her tone betrayed the fact that she had been keyed up about it ever since the procedure had been done this morning at the obstetrician 's consulting-rooms , and Belinda hoped Faye had been keeping careful tabs on her blood-sugar level in case it was being affected by her mood . |
| 4 | The French and the US National Science Foundation have been doing this for some time . ’ |
| 5 | He had a strange sensation that for many minutes he had been holding his breath , though he could n't of course have been doing that . |
| 6 | I hear you say , DTP has been doing that for years Yes — but moving ones ? |
| 7 | This approach would have involved solving problems and duplicating work which in all probability had been done many times before in other organizations . |
| 8 | This idea of a running commentary is shown on pg 59 where he tells the reader what various characters of the play have been doing that day . |
| 9 | Yeah but but of course this chap has been doing this research in erm Bangladesh was n't it , I think ? |