Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] been listening " in BNC.
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| 1 | What you were saying about approachability of lecturers , I 'm not afraid to ask for help , but I am reticent to ask for help more than once on the same thing , because I would hate them to think that I had n't been listening first time round or that I was stupid . |
| 2 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 3 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 5 | Someone had undoubtedly been listening , and been caught by the abrupt ending to the conversation . |
| 6 | I have also been listening to this wonderful young singer from Dresden , Olaf Bär . |
| 7 | As I write , on Easter day , I have just been listening to Matins from King 's college , Cambridge , broadcast on Radio 3 — superb performances of music by William Byrd and a finely engineered sound . |
| 8 | You 've not been listening have you Paul ? |
| 9 | But she had not been listening . |
| 10 | She had hardly been listening . |
| 11 | Suddenly we became aware of a strange gentleman who had also been listening , and was now looking coldly at us . |
| 12 | Just then my sister , who had secretly been listening outside the forge , called to Joe through one of the windows , ‘ You fool ! |
| 13 | Miss Bateman , who had nevertheless been listening , said , ‘ I should adore to see — ‘ |
| 14 | ‘ Besides — ’ said Anne who had not been listening , but pursuing her own line of thought ‘ — if I were affianced to Prince Edward , the marriage could be completed in a year or so — instead of delayed for Heaven knows how long ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You have n't been listening to us . |
| 16 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 17 | ’ Oh , Bill , you have n't been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 18 | We 'd all been listening to things like reggae and Spanish music , and when we got together to rehearse , we 'd be playing all kinds of crazy stuff before we settled down to get serious . ’ |
| 19 | They 've all been listening to the trainer . |
| 20 | He had n't been listening very hard at the time . |
| 21 | He had n't been listening . |
| 22 | He had n't been listening to the worried discussions behind him . |