Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be [v-ing] to [pron] " 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 | I 'd been talking to someone about the effects of music , cos there 's a couple of court cases going on . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Living at Betty 's house , I had been listening to it speak for long enough . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 8 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 9 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
| 10 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 13 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 14 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
| 15 | the er the lady that comes to the meetings cos I 've been going to them . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For some time it seems I 've been talking to myself . |
| 19 | I 've been talking to you myself , you know ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've been lying to you , we have to talk . ’ |
| 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 hear you 've been talking to my Hilda and young Ralph . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | What do you think is happening to you ? … |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch . |
| 30 | And she 'd been coming to our house , Oh about fie or six years , and she said one day to Mary , that 's my wife , says you know , Not strange name , there 's not many of them about . |