Example sentences of "[adv] been [v-ing] to [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
2 | looking after the littlest ones all day and and she 's obviously been speaking to them like that during |
3 | Jerry refuses with zest ; he has obviously been springing to his own defence for many a long year . |
4 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
5 | The right hon. Gentleman has not been listening to his hon. Friends . |
6 | and says erm we 've not been talking to her it sa she 's not the one to write . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Oh I 've just been listening to your conversation with Dennis and Iris . |
9 | took the first call , but I 've just been speaking to him , and you 'd better have the full picture . ’ |
10 | ‘ I 've just been speaking to my sister . |
11 | Well no she does n't , I 've just been talking to her . |
12 | Erm I I 've just been talking to me husband about it . |
13 | ‘ I 've just been talking to your aunt on the phone . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Now you 've just been describing to us Mr about er your leisure activities etcetera and it was sort of confined to the etcetera . |
16 | Have you ever been speaking to someone , perhaps an attractive member of the opposite sex , when , without thinking , you 've looked down at their mouth ? |
17 | ‘ You have n't been listening to us . |
18 | At least he was n't going to pretend he had n't been talking to her . |
19 | He has n't been talking to anybody has he ? |
20 | But I 've never been talking to you before . |
21 | 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 . |