Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] been listening 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 But I feel it incumbent upon me ( I have been listening to chairmen 's speeches ) to bring up the subject for one last time because of a letter from a reader in Nigeria .
9 Of the four issues I have been listening to , which could hardly be more different from one another in approach , none is without distinction , none without its own appeal .
10 I have been listening to ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ for three days straight , packing for a bunk to the Islamic world and every moment of departure in my entire life has come tumbling out of my memory , often erupting in tears .
11 As the hon. Gentleman introduced the subject of colour of dress , I can only say that I have been listening to him for almost 18 years and I wish that he would sometimes change the colour of his tie .
12 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 ! ’
13 You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense .
14 ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately .
15 But I do n't know what wind you 've been listening to .
16 You 've been listening to loverboy , that 's all ! ’
17 You 've been listening to the hoodoo doctors , ’ he says .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 ‘ I know the civil liberties people will not like it , but to some degree they have got us into this mess and we have been listening to them for too long , ’ said Mr Gallie .
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