Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adv] been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 3 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
| 4 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to Drewer , ’ rapped Naylor . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
| 8 | I 've just been talking to Captain Montgomery . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just been talking to Mrs Flaherty , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
| 11 | Catching her arm , he said quietly , ‘ I 've just been talking to Donal . ’ |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 16 | He has been the most inspiring of any artist that I 've ever been exposed to one way or another . |
| 17 | ‘ That was just about the most disgusting exhibition I 've ever been subjected to ! ’ |
| 18 | And of course I 've never been introduced to you properly . ’ |
| 19 | I 've never been used to that . |
| 20 | But I 've never been talking to you before . |
| 21 | I have also been listening to this wonderful young singer from Dresden , Olaf Bär . |
| 22 | Presumably the man expected him to add , in the section of the proposal form where you were supposed to talk about your passion for hang-gliding or free-fall parachute jumping , a brief paragraph along the lines of I HAVE ALSO BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY AN ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST . |
| 23 | ‘ I have just been speaking to Officer Hassan . |
| 24 | Egocentric utterances — ‘ I have just been called to head office . ’ |
| 25 | I have just been elected to the Council of the Law Society as a specialist member representing ethnic minority interests . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I have n't been invited to a seminar . |
| 28 | I have n't been referred to a rheumatologist , as I 've been told that I 'm very young and prone to worrying too much about becoming disabled . |
| 29 | ‘ I have n't been pretending to be in love with you this weekend . |
| 30 | I ju I jus I have n't been asked to . |