Example sentences of "[vb base] [be] [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'We 're going to Disneyland , ’ Paul says . |
| 2 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | We 've known them for a while , they 've been travelling to games solidly for years and are better fans on that score than I 've ever been . |
| 9 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 10 | I 've been going to meetings for a while now ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ? |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Tt er and i in a sense there 's kind of been an upward trend in terms of progression through that , that reform but within that there have obviously been a number of and in a sense what we 've been coming to terms with is , is what has been causing those , those variations , those changes in that policy . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? * |
| 18 | We 've been talking to cinemas in London and will bring it over there soon . ’ |
| 19 | You 've been talking to Steve and I want to know — ’ |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | I 've been talking to Dr Wickram about this . |
| 22 | ‘ Rune , I 've been talking to Suzie … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We 've been talking to Jane Pargeter . ’ |
| 24 | You 've been talking to Stuart . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , come on , ’ said Finn , ‘ I 've been talking to Betty . |
| 26 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been talking to Louise , ’ said Rachel , ‘ and she 's going to start making enquiries about Len going to Conway House . ’ |
| 29 | I 've been talking to Adèle . |
| 30 | " I 've been talking to Adrian , " Helen whispered back . |