Example sentences of "[vb base] been do the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been doing the route for two years now . |
| 2 | Well they are anyway cos they 've been doing the test at eleven ! |
| 3 | Well it 's like er now that sometimes when you 've been doing the message you know you might talk a little bit different but I mean he 's had elocution lessons . |
| 4 | Well I 've been doing the landing you know , paint w white paintwork . |
| 5 | ‘ Hullo , Penelope , I 've been doing the flowers , ’ she said , as if an explanation of her emerging from the dining room with leaves seemed to be called for . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been doing the job for years , do n't forget . |
| 7 | Erm the R M I F bloke was there and he said that 's the second one he 's been to where they 've been doing the training and the launch at the same time and neither of them 've gone well . |
| 8 | Arguments over intellectual property rights and re-writing code have been doing the rounds of the court system for years . |
| 9 | on a limited number of schemes we have been doing the estimates for four or five years |
| 10 | I watch Southport , who have been doing the business this season , and I have noticed an increase in our crowd attendances . |
| 11 | While it is wise to show a certain deference to those older than you who have been doing the job for years and who would be alienated by over-confident brashness , you must not look as though you might be a drag on whoever you are hoping to work with . |
| 12 | And on days when you feel altogether too slobby either to run or swim , you can weigh yourself , confident in the knowledge that because you have cut out all alcohol and fat and have been doing the running and swimming , your weight will have fallen . |