Example sentences of "have [been] doing the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the same scene happens night after night , his mother realizes that she has been doing the wrong thing , so instead she puts him to bed no matter how long or hard he cries . |
| 2 | Dougherty has been doing the basic research and clinical studies for the past five years . |
| 3 | ‘ But then one night , under the covers — I was just getting older , I guess , but anyway — I was sort of reviewing the day , and I was thinking about school , and what we 'd learned , and we 'd been doing the Second World War , and I had n't liked the sound of this Hitler guy at all ; and I 'd asked dad , just to double-check , and — ’ |
| 4 | But Pete said that it was n't , because for much of the hour he 'd been doing the same . |
| 5 | If he knew how old she was he might want her to tell him what she had been doing the last few years . |
| 6 | She further alleged that an older brother had been doing the same . |
| 7 | It had all been going on for years , Chertro said , and apparently earlier technicians had been doing the same for a long time before . |
| 8 | I mean the number 's quite , I said you , you reaffirmed that the number was the same one that had been doing the same thing in , in Wokingham . |
| 9 | It 's most satisfying to suddenly recognise an easier way of doing something you 've been doing the hard way for ages ! |
| 10 | You have been doing the right thing by cutting out the dead wood you found in spring , but these plants do get very straggly , and to get the best out of it you will need to be a bit more ruthless . |
| 11 | We , myself and Bill , although we have been doing the same thing for more than 20 years , could not really work together . |
| 12 | If the police had never set up the jewellers shop , they would , in my judgment , have been doing the same thing , though of course they would not have been doing it in that shop , at that time . |
| 13 | At the same time , other cards have been doing the opposite , and our major competitor has recently announced an increase of eight per cent . |
| 14 | The young , the young officer who came to me he said of course we 're so glad you got the number , you 're quite right it 's a car that 's been doing the same thing in Wokingham . |