Example sentences of "they [vb past] [be] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason I was disappointed is because what it says in these minutes , Robert 's people reported they 'd been speaking to the R and Abbey Leisure Service in London that had been considerable interest in the Edinburgh Festival Programme and in everything |
| 2 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 3 | It was the Russians they 'd been listening to the whole lot . |
| 4 | The partners remain sanguine about speculation that their tenure of the company they founded is coming to an end . |
| 5 | They wanted to give the notebook to Chris Bonington who they thought was coming to Kazakhstan in July . |
| 6 | Thiercelin , for instance , had no idea of the fact that they had been listening to the work of the greatest composer of the day . |
| 7 | When he did not return for quite a while , she guessed they had been talking to each other about her . |
| 8 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |