Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] be [verb] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what somebody comes to that , tomorrow and knocks at that door and says look I 've been sent here by you say good bye , good night , good luck nothing has been said to me , I |
| 2 | After I 'd been talking to him about leaving . |
| 3 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 4 | I began to forget why I 'd been attracted to him in the first place . ’ |
| 5 | For about a year , since the summer before last , in fact , I had been writing to her and she to me and , because of the distance and something else I have n't been able to put my finger on ( maybe a need for excitement ) , the letters had become more and more sentimental , more and more loving , more and more like proper love letters . |
| 6 | Living at Betty 's house , I had been listening to it speak for long enough . |
| 7 | I had been devoted to him , and he to me , and he had brought me a happiness I thought never to find again , But , I argued , he had been granted nearly forty more years of life , and had our son as memorial . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 10 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 11 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 12 | I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to . |
| 13 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
| 14 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 15 | What k what kind what 's changed in the short time are the things Wh when I 've been talking to them about the publicity you said that , The last few years there 's there has been |
| 16 | Richard Lewis , oh yes Sir , er , yes Sir , I 've just seen the figures , I 've been talking to them about it , oh yes , I 've told them exactly what 's wrong , but they do n't seem able to well yes Sir , I know it 's not good enough , but what can you do if you 've got idiots working for yo , what 's that , oh no Sir , I 'm not asking you , what , hello . |
| 17 | I 've been talking to you myself , you know ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been lying to you , we have to talk . ’ |
| 19 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |
| 20 | What occurred after I left was related to me by the men of the village , when I paid the district a second visit some months later . |
| 21 | As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie . |
| 22 | I have been speaking to him on the phone and we have decided that it would be in everyone 's interest to postpone First Holy Communion until the last Sunday of term , July 15th . |
| 23 | I must go now , or my brother will guess I have been speaking to you . |
| 24 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 25 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 26 | The upset and damage which has been caused to us by these articles is an extremely serious matter . |
| 27 | In his preface to the catalogue , Apollinaire wrote : ‘ The new painters who made manifest this year , at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants of Paris , their artistic ideals , accept the name of Cubists which has been given to them . |
| 28 | For he is suddenly , miraculously , aware that he has got a wonderful — no ! — a perfect alibi ; an alibi which has been given to him by the very person he has just killed . |
| 29 | The fundamental rationale underlying the law of confidence is that it can prevent a person divulging information which has been given to him in confidence , on an express or implicit understanding that the information should not be disclosed to others or otherwise used by the recipient of the information . |
| 30 | ( 3 ) The Building ( Scotland ) Act 1959 defines " warrant " as meaning a warrant under s.6 of the Act , including ( in the case of a warrant which has been granted ) any conditions to which it is subject , and any amendment which has been made to it . |