Example sentences of "have been doing just [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1951 the Art Galleries had been doing just that for 50 years . |
| 2 | She had known why Mr Evans had sent Hepzibah biscuits ; had known that he wanted her to spy , to keep her eyes open , and it seemed that without meaning to she had been doing just that ! |
| 3 | And for the last five years he had been doing just that . |
| 4 | So much is made these days of the high-profile young dance companies who are ‘ trying to find their own vocabularies of movement ’ , that it is all too easy to forget those who have been doing just that , very quietly , for a long time . |
| 5 | When such researchers have been doing just this for over 100 years , is it not sensible to take note of what they are saying ? |