Example sentences of "'ve be [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 " I 've been proving to Graham I really did have some wine and it smashed . "
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 . ’
5 You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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
9 I 've been going to meetings for a while now ’ .
10 ‘ When we have our celebration , it reminds me of Lourdes , and I 've been going to Lourdes since 1961 .
11 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 .
12 You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ?
13 ‘ 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Peter , I know you 've been talking to delegates all day , what 's the atmosphere like there ? *
17 We 've been talking to cinemas in London and will bring it over there soon . ’
18 You 've been talking to Steve and I want to know — ’
19 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
20 I 've been talking to Dr Wickram about this .
21 ‘ Rune , I 've been talking to Suzie … ’
22 ‘ We 've been talking to Jane Pargeter . ’
23 You 've been talking to Stuart .
24 ‘ Oh , come on , ’ said Finn , ‘ I 've been talking to Betty .
25 Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’
26 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
27 ‘ I 've been talking to Louise , ’ said Rachel , ‘ and she 's going to start making enquiries about Len going to Conway House . ’
28 I 've been talking to Adèle .
29 " I 've been talking to Adrian , " Helen whispered back .
30 We 've been talking to Michael Medleycote from the British Tourist Authority , and one of the points I was making to him was with the recession and also the Gulf war people are very concerned , a ) there 's the cost of flying , but also they 're concerned of course about security .
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