Example sentences of "have [be] [v-ing] do [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has been threatening to do that all season and this was his best performance to date . ’ |
| 2 | Though why she 'd been trying to do that , heaven only knew . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , if I do , I 've chosen a pretty safe place to do it in , I think , ’ she responded tenderly , exploring the commanding contours of his face with fingers that had been aching to do this for months . |
| 4 | Alice then , all clean and brushed , and in a nice blouse with the small pink flowers and the neat round collar , walked out of the house and went next door , to No. 45 , as though she had been planning to do this all day . |
| 5 | ‘ If you knew how much I 've been wanting to do this . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The thing I 've been trying to do all along is to create a very large-sounding rock record — orchestrated , in a way — combining that with my songwriting style , which is pretty eclectic , I suppose . |
| 7 | ‘ Now , I 'll get you that coffee — only before that there 's something I 've been waiting to do all day . ’ |
| 8 | Through surveys and informal questioning and , more recently , partnerships we have been trying to do that . ’ |
| 9 | Karen 's been trying to do that . |