Example sentences of "been do for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | This is especially valuable where a job has been done for a long time by the same person . |
2 | 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 ! ’ |
3 | Now , what have you been doing for a whole month ? ’ |
4 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
5 | Luckily the washing machine coped as adequately with Ruth 's clothes as it had been doing for the past six years . |
6 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
7 | ‘ I want to know what you 've been doing for the past four days . ’ |
8 | Perhaps my hon. Friend does not know that the Government have just announced that they intend to nationalise the private enterprise operation that I am running , which entails my sending those replies to all Opposition Members — as I have been doing for the past three months — and , this month , to Conservative Members , following an offer made to their Whips some time ago . |
9 | ‘ What you 've been doing for the past four months ! |
10 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
11 | In a conventional world , the Chancellor would simply roll his forecasts forward as he has been doing for the past two years now . |