Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have be [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 2 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 3 | They say they have been waiting to be moved from the ‘ temporary accommodation ’ ever since . |
| 4 | he says I 've been talking to that wee feller and he was talking about the pub which got . |
| 5 | Childrens World marketing communications controller John Forester says he has been talking to agencies with the knowledge of the incumbent GGT and insists there is no review of the Sears-owned business . |
| 6 | But the Chancellor did show he had been listening to some of industry 's gripes . |
| 7 | 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 ! ’ |
| 8 | Even after what I just learned I could n't believe you 've been lying to me since we met — that I was coming back to ask you — ’ |
| 9 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 10 | I must go now , or my brother will guess I have been speaking to you . |
| 11 | Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? * |
| 12 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I hear you 've been talking to our friends in Manila , ’ he says , chattily , as though the difference in our rank means nothing to him . |
| 14 | I know he 's been doing to this man as he 's gone past so Harry sitting there the not saying you know . |
| 15 | For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself . |
| 16 | ‘ She upset her hosts by her grumpy behaviour in Korea and we believe she 's been talking to Morton 's people again . |
| 17 | They knew we 'd been talking to their pop idols and they just wanted to touch us . |
| 18 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 19 | I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics . |
| 20 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 23 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 24 | Margo Hawes , of Horsforth , said she had been coming to the ballet for years . |
| 25 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |