Example sentences of "'d been doing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because he was just doing the same job as he 'd been doing under the private under the L N E R. Management were more conciliatory when nationalization came on . |
| 2 | Rain said : ‘ If Sabine Jourdain planned to reveal how much of Durance 's work she 'd been doing for him , a lot of people would have preferred she did n't . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 4 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 5 | Did he say what he 'd been doing with himself ? |
| 6 | Each week he would sit me on his knee and , under the pretence of asking me about the things I 'd been doing at school , he would squeeze my thighs and waist . |
| 7 | I asked him what he 'd been doing out East and he said he 'd been starting up a chain of these shops in Japan . ’ |
| 8 | By comparison , what he 'd been doing in the cafeteria block was mere journeyman stuff . |
| 9 | But he went on refusing to say anything at all about what he 'd been doing in Paris . |