Example sentences of "have [adv] been [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jerry refuses with zest ; he has obviously been springing to his own defence for many a long year . |
| 2 | The right hon. Gentleman has not been listening to his hon. Friends . |
| 3 | You see I 've got with me in the studio here Stan Bowes , who 's the head of marketing for the Thames and Chilterns Tourist Board , and Stan has just been explaining to us that there is this campaign to encourage people to take holidays in this country . |
| 4 | He has n't been talking to anybody has he ? |
| 5 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 6 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
| 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 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 10 | Er in fact I have now , Mr has found the er the report which has actually got the traffic assessment e that we 've just been referring to which is er no western relief road but with in an inner northern road . |
| 11 | Now you 've just been describing to us Mr about er your leisure activities etcetera and it was sort of confined to the etcetera . |
| 12 | Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 14 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
| 15 | and says erm we 've not been talking to her it sa she 's not the one to write . |
| 16 | At least he was n't going to pretend he had n't been talking to her . |
| 17 | But I 've never been talking to you before . |
| 18 | looking after the littlest ones all day and and she 's obviously been speaking to them like that during |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't been listening to us . |
| 20 | As many progressive ( but in reality reactionary ) politicians have recently been finding to their cost , greater freedom of opportunity , so far from furthering equality , has only stimulated emulation and the appetite for symbols of success . |