Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] been [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | When you and Chantal arrived at that accommodation agency I had just been talking to the proprietor . |
| 4 | Then that particular Saturday , Leith 's outgoing if slightly irresponsible brother had come to tell her excitedly , ‘ I 've just been chatting to Rosemary Green ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 6 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 7 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to Drewer , ’ rapped Naylor . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 11 | I 've just been talking to Captain Montgomery . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've just been talking to Mrs Flaherty , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
| 14 | Catching her arm , he said quietly , ‘ I 've just been talking to Donal . ’ |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 19 | But I 've never been talking to you before . |
| 20 | I have also been listening to this wonderful young singer from Dresden , Olaf Bär . |
| 21 | ‘ I have just been speaking to Officer Hassan . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I have n't been pretending to be in love with you this weekend . |
| 24 | I mean how can you justify talking to her about that when the efficiency is improved since she has n't been talking to people ? |
| 25 | She has n't been coming to school , Mrs Day . |
| 26 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 27 | Now you 've just been describing to us Mr about er your leisure activities etcetera and it was sort of confined to the etcetera . |
| 28 | Wh erm Terry 's feelings there do they you 've obviously been speaking to large numbers of protestors do they marry with the other opinions that you hear ? |
| 29 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 30 | It was n't that she had n't been talking to Mandy , it was just that she had let her displeasure over that application be felt for an entire week now . |