Example sentences of "you 've been [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 2 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 3 | ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately . |
| 4 | But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to . |
| 5 | You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You 've been listening to the hoodoo doctors , ’ he says . |
| 7 | But do ask when you get back to the branch , because it samples claims that Abbey has , have had , erm , it reiterates the statistics that you 've just heard , the likelihood of somebody suffering with cancer , heart attacks , strokes etcetera , it er , gives you the ages er , if you choose , write in statistics , the one you 've been listening to . |
| 8 | Thank you Chairman erm I would like I know that you 've been listening to the first er part of our session this afternoon , erm and I 'd like to ask you to discuss with us one of the questions that we asked the group the Pension Fund erm and that 's to discuss the balance of power that exists between the employer and the various groups and classes of pensioner . |
| 9 | ‘ So that 's why you 've been clinging to me like a leech all these months . |
| 10 | For white middleclass males , however , pride and dignity has little resonance , when all your life you 've been trained to be aspirational and competitive . |
| 11 | Cavell says you 've been invited to the awards ceremony , and she 's asked the organisers to seat us together . |
| 12 | She said , ‘ I 'm sure you 've been invited to the wedding next week . ’ |
| 13 | Directly you go ashore have a bath , send everything you 've been wearing to the laundry , and wash your hair . |
| 14 | Therefore , if you 've been exposed to the possibility of infection and have puzzling symptoms , see your doctor at once . |
| 15 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 16 | The only county-wide survey , the one of importance to you ma'am is contained within the North Yorkshire Conservation Strategy of which I think you 've been referred to already . |
| 17 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 18 | You 've been going to bed nice and early have n't you ? |
| 19 | you 've been going to the |
| 20 | If you 've been used to linear note-taking for many years , you 'll need to persevere with the Buzan method . |
| 21 | When you 've been used to that for sixty-two years , hot water and a flushing toilet do come as something of a culture shock . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've been seconded to my department . |
| 23 | I 've already mentioned the groups that you 've been allocated to . |
| 24 | You 've been lying to me all along . ’ |
| 25 | Even after what I just learned I could n't believe you 've been lying to me since we met — that I was coming back to ask you — ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 've been lying to me and covering up for them all along . |
| 27 | So you 've been demoted to post-boy ? ’ |
| 28 | And then , immediately , I said to myself , well , you 've been saying to these men [ his captors ] ‘ When you 're in a tight corner , renounce violence ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ You 've been talking to the girls ? ’ |
| 30 | You 've been talking to him , have n't you ? |