Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had been doing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that he had been doing without luncheon , and now he could afford some . |
| 2 | He really did n't think the Revolution was anything more than a few peasants kicking up a fuss , like they had been doing for hundreds of years . |
| 3 | 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 ! ’ |
| 4 | Luckily the washing machine coped as adequately with Ruth 's clothes as it had been doing for the past six years . |
| 5 | He argued that Dorset should continue to record unmet need as it had been doing in a pilot project , although the decision is so politically sensitive that it has to be given clearance by the politicians at their June committee meeting . |
| 6 | FitzAlan would only snap at her anyway , as he had been doing from the minute they had risen in the half-light of a chilly grey dawn . |