Example sentences of "'ve been [verb] to " in BNC.

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31 Therefore , if you 've been exposed to the possibility of infection and have puzzling symptoms , see your doctor at once .
32 It 's meant a build up of toxic gasses below ground , and health warnings to cavers who 've been exposed to the chemicals .
33 We 're particularly proud of him in South Cambridgeshire , as we 're also proud that so many of our environmental health officers like Alan Hobson do sterling work for us , and we are looking to them in the in the future with this semi-autonomy that they 've been given to really take on board the opportunities which have been given to them under the 1990 Act to really go to town on environmental health .
34 That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’
35 You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense .
36 And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format .
37 ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately .
38 As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 .
39 I 've been listening to that a lot .
40 But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to .
41 I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . "
42 That huge estate in Scotland — ; I 've been listening to Mamma and Mrs Talbot with half an ear , you never know what you might miss — and you do n't hunt . ’
43 You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’
44 ‘ You 've been listening to the hoodoo doctors , ’ he says .
45 I 've been listening to your programme all morning so .
46 But do ask when you get back to the branch , because it samples claims that Abbey has , have had , erm , it reiterates the statistics that you 've just heard , the likelihood of somebody suffering with cancer , heart attacks , strokes etcetera , it er , gives you the ages er , if you choose , write in statistics , the one you 've been listening to .
47 Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner .
48 I 've been listening to it for a while .
49 Just came in to say I 've been summoned to the presence .
50 Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week .
51 Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't
52 But I 've been taught to mind my own business , so I wo n't need an answer to that . ’
53 but I 've been reinstated to twenty three pounds
54 That I see the faces I 've been gutted to ashes .
55 ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months .
56 I do n't know what you 've been doing to yourself , girl .
57 If you 're opting for a perm or colour , always tell your hairdresser what you 've been doing to your hair .
58 Let's see what they 've been doing to you .
59 What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’
60 ‘ I 've always been a great Archers fan but I 've been sworn to secrecy over what I will be doing . ’
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