Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [adv] been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal problem about them has generally been said to be that of their meaning or semantics . |
| 2 | By nine , the playroom was like something censored out of Gremlins , and I spent most of the morning as a cross between Mummy Bear and Mister Wolf I 'd just been pinned to the floor , it was like an insane asylum in Lilliput , when buti Sikita beckoned me to the phone . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The , they really convert bibles for doing that is because I 've always done that of er right that 's , that 's out of the way , jump the paperwork , now what about talking about your clubs and that t to sort of close down the call and relax the client for getting into referral mode and I 've always done it tail end on so the introduction to the referral is at the beginning and perhaps looking for them during i is totally unfamiliar , I mean I do note the odd thing as I go through and note them down on the , the but I 'd never been used to actually although we were told referrals how and why that went with it . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | Then it was ‘ If I had n't been dragged to this godforsaken town by that damned no-hoper that I married … ’ and so on . |
| 7 | As I had n't been invited to that , I had to conclude that I was there to work , wearing my professional hat . |
| 8 | ‘ Melissa … ’ she hesitated and decided to go ahead ‘ … was just pointing out that I had n't been invited to your birthday party . ’ |
| 9 | But I had not been raised to be merely decorative . |
| 10 | When you and Chantal arrived at that accommodation agency I had just been talking to the proprietor . |
| 11 | Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler 's superhuman heroism , I had always been attracted to Germany . |
| 12 | 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 ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 14 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 15 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
| 17 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to Drewer , ’ rapped Naylor . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 19 | I 've just been talking to Captain Montgomery . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've just been talking to Mrs Flaherty , ’ she said . |
| 21 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
| 22 | Catching her arm , he said quietly , ‘ I 've just been talking to Donal . ’ |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 27 | He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another . |
| 28 | ‘ That was just about the most disgusting exhibition I 've ever been subjected to ! ’ |
| 29 | And of course I 've never been introduced to you properly . ’ |
| 30 | I 've never been used to that . |