Example sentences of "[vb past] be doing for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked what you 'd been doing for the last five years … ’ |
| 2 | But that was what he 'd been doing for the past several minutes . |
| 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 | That was just what I had been doing for the past four months innocent of impending restrictions . |
| 5 | The reason for his pleasure , as well as for the handkerchief 's greyness , was that he had washed it himself … and really he had done just as good a job as the dhobi had been doing for the most extravagant prices . |
| 6 | Luckily the washing machine coped as adequately with Ruth 's clothes as it had been doing for the past six years . |