Example sentences of "[pron] have be [v-ing] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I 'd been talking to him about leaving . |
| 2 | ‘ She was complaining at not being able to get through because my number was engaged and I said I 'd been talking to you . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Living at Betty 's house , I had been listening to it speak for long enough . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 7 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 8 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
| 11 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I 've been talking to you myself , you know ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been lying to you , we have to talk . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I must go now , or my brother will guess I have been speaking to you . |
| 19 | I mean , if you 'd been talking to him during the lesson he 'd say , well , if you want to talk about it , leave it till after the lesson . |
| 20 | Ven queried , as well he might , she realised , for she 'd been chatting to him like a veritable magpie all evening with not so much as a hint of shyness . |
| 21 | She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch . |
| 22 | Now you suspected she 'd been lying to you for thirteen years . |
| 23 | And she 'd been talking to him for about half an hour and well er her son had come up |
| 24 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 25 | You 've been lying to me all along . ’ |
| 26 | 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 — ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been lying to me and covering up for them all along . |
| 28 | You 've been talking to him , have n't you ? |
| 29 | You 've been talking to her ! |
| 30 | What you 've done for six long years , and more especially what you 've been doing to me ever since we met again ? ’ |