Example sentences of "'s [been] doing " in BNC.
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1 | Everybody 's been doing it , but they 've not thought about it as a design process and they have not usually brought people with design skills into the team to make these things happen better . |
2 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
3 | I want to know where she 's been and what she 's been doing . ’ |
4 | ‘ Whatever he 's been doing to you , he wo n't do it again . |
5 | When he used to write music he used to have different tunings for almost every song , but he 's been doing this now for the last five to seven years — the E string tuned down to D. If I have to play guitar on a song where he 's played guitar , I just learn it my way , using traditional tuning . ’ |
6 | He 's been doing that sort of thing for years . |
7 | It 's been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk . |
8 | It 's been doing that work on behalf of OSF , which could presumably use the stuff as some kind of a bargaining chip in the latest round of talks with Unix System Labs ( UX Nos 387 , 388 ) . |
9 | You find out your wife 's been doing it with your best friend , whip in your petition for divorce and before you can say ‘ one-night stand ’ you 're a free man . |
10 | ‘ It developed out of the work Cork Film Festival 's been doing over the past number of years . |
11 | He 's been doing it for centuries and now he thinks he 's king |
12 | You look at Lauren Hutton , who 's been doing it for more than 20 years . |
13 | Erm all he 's been doing here is getting me to find the sides . |
14 | Usually what 's happened is somebody 's been doing the cooking , dropped the pot on the floor , and all the pieces have been thrown away . |
15 | Well Dennis er Roger 's been doing for it for Leeds North West have n't you ? |
16 | But he 's been doing it manually have n't you Rog ? |
17 | Tod 's been doing this quite a bit lately — grunting : Shtib . |
18 | He 's been doing it for years . |
19 | ‘ Tim 's been doing woodwork . |
20 | It 's obvious from the apparatus what he 's been doing , and any competent biologist could duplicate the work . |
21 | No , Rose said : he 's been doing an exorcism . |
22 | ‘ Probably , but he 's been doing it for years . ’ |
23 | Well then if you were n't sure of your formula , if you tried the formula , who 's been doing that ? |
24 | Aye , he , I mean he 's been doing quite well , cos that 's George usually smoked you know ? |
25 | ‘ So she 's been doing it to hurry things on , has she ? |
26 | Despite the tempting offer , Stephanie decided that working in Northampton House for Rentokil , which she 's been doing since August 1991 , was definitely preferable to Tunisia . |
27 | I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’ |
28 | ‘ I wonder if she spoke to the person who 's been doing the caretaking ? |
29 | ‘ Perhaps Jacob 's been doing a bit of tidying up . ’ |
30 | He 's been doing it for years . |