Example sentences of "i [vb base] been [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |
| 2 | That huge estate in Scotland — ; I 've been listening to Mamma and Mrs Talbot with half an ear , you never know what you might miss — and you do n't hunt . ’ |
| 3 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 4 | Well then about a month later he said he rung June and said I 've been speaking to Geoff he said and th they wan na hi er hire a car for a week . |
| 5 | So I 've been trying , I 've been trying to sort of , I I was arguing saying , I do n't think that 's true . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been coming to games at the Manor since I was 10 … not every week like but since three seasons ago I have n't missed a match — I 've been to them all . |
| 7 | I 've been coming to conference for the last fifteen years to help build the grand union which we 've got today and I 'm not gon na sit back and watch this carved up , for nobody , for nobody . |
| 8 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |
| 9 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
| 10 | I 've been going to bed at half past one and I was doing the T M A for two nights , then I 've been doing his V A T for two nights so I 've got to bed really really late and I just and , the thing is , the T M A were all on about my then I just start to relax I had to resort to herbal knockout drops . |
| 11 | I 've been going to meetings for a while now ’ . |
| 12 | Erm , oh I have got something else , which is music , erm , at the last meeting I said I 've been talking to Simon from the Queen 's Hall , about the idea of doing pre-concert notes |
| 13 | ‘ Rune , I 've been talking to Suzie … ’ |
| 14 | I 've been talking to Dr Wickram about this . |
| 15 | " I 've been talking to Adrian , " Helen whispered back . |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been talking to Louise , ’ said Rachel , ‘ and she 's going to start making enquiries about Len going to Conway House . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been talking to Clare . ’ |
| 18 | I 've been talking to Adèle . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been talking to people about this , 'cos everyone thinks the video is so sexy , you know . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , come on , ’ said Finn , ‘ I 've been talking to Betty . |
| 21 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 22 | But I feel it incumbent upon me ( I have been listening to chairmen 's speeches ) to bring up the subject for one last time because of a letter from a reader in Nigeria . |
| 23 | I have been talking to colleagues here in Oxford about the use of OALDCE 3/e in one of your hand held devices . |
| 24 | Since the age of 5 I have been going to Highfield , my sister was 6 and my brother was 8 . |
| 25 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |