Example sentences of "i [vb base] been [v-ing] to " 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 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
| 3 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
| 4 | I 've been listening to you ringing the bell . " |
| 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 | I 've been listening to your programme all morning so . |
| 7 | I 've been listening to it for a while . |
| 8 | " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . " |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Yes , well she was all , so I 've been speaking to her for weeks when she did n't |
| 11 | I 've been trying to be a footballer , and that is n't me . |
| 12 | I 've got a trainee manager at the moment and I 've been trying to he 's just making such a balls up it 's easier not to . |
| 13 | I 've been trying to . |
| 14 | For twelve months , I 've been trying to er , when I realised that that was put on my cleaning bill , it seemed to be so unfair that the little ol and the lady who , up till now has has cleaned for me , because the home help service , no longer just does cleaning . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Today I 've been thinking to myself , I 've only got the sleeves to put in that dress — when am I going to have the time to do it' ? |
| 17 | So , you know what these girls are , they sort of I personally , you know , as it were a trained scientist , a certified chemist who you tend to , to take a , a slightly er diagnostic view of things , but that 's not quite right , but you take a slightly objective view of things and I , I , I , I 've been thinking to myself ah it is rotten unfair on girls because sometimes sort of between about fifteen and twenty five , but now I suppose because they 're all growing up so much earlier it 's between ten and twenty , they have a pretty monumental change , they , and , and it 's not a bundle of laughs but they can talk to their friends , they can see their friends and talk to their mothers , they can get a vague way it 's gon na affect them and they can you know , sort of , let's say twenty , twenty five settle into a routine which has variations every , during the four weeks and they vary between individuals , I mean it 's well known |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been coming to the show every week , ’ he explained . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I 've been saying to her well you 'll have to wait she 's been saying her feet hurt , right ? |
| 22 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |
| 23 | I 've been admitting to the robbery for two and a half years , but no one will listen . |
| 24 | ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 . |
| 25 | I 've been going to the Enquirer 's Course for months now ! ’ |
| 26 | I 've been going to meetings for a while now ’ . |
| 27 | I 've been going to the cinema ever since I was 7 years old and I 've seen fights at many films . |
| 28 | I 've been going to Glorious Goodwood for twenty years — and invariably play golf while I 'm there . |
| 29 | During the Christmas and Easter holidays for as long as I can remember , I 've been going to assorted relatives and friends , but in the long , summer months I 've always gone home . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've been going to the races and washing up the dishes with my wife , as I need a bit of a rest before I start . |