Example sentences of "have [adv] been [v-ing] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has indeed been happening to the USA , and much of the capital funds moving to the USA have come from Japan . |
| 2 | I 'd just been talking to the guard , twelve hour shifts , sixty hours a week and he ca n't even have any time off for tea breaks or meal breaks . |
| 3 | ‘ The situation has been eased slightly for my parents since a community nurse has been visiting Jennifer , but I must admit I 'd rapidly been coming to the conclusion that something else would be needed very soon . |
| 4 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 5 | They 've all been listening to the trainer . |
| 6 | Another thing , perhaps , we should notice right at the very beginning is that Jesus did n't actually speak in pa , in in er , in chapters , and they 've lost , they 've been put in for our convenience , and chapter fifteen is not the beginning of a new incident Jesus had already been speaking to the people , he had been teaching them in chapter fourteen . |
| 7 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 8 | But I 've just been talking to the head there and he said you know that you know the tor tutorial programme , Mrs started it all erm |
| 9 | You may have to say , Well I 've just been talking to the estate agent about this and er you know on a number occasions he 's sent people along to you er may be you did n't realize that was happening . |
| 10 | When you and Chantal arrived at that accommodation agency I had just been talking to the proprietor . |
| 11 | Conservative leaders have traditionally been accommodating to the major interest and sought compromises . |