Example sentences of "[verb] be [v-ing] [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think one of them has been trying to talk to me . ’ |
| 2 | Flustered by his presence , thrown off balance by the feel of his hard body against her own , she suddenly clamped her mouth shut , horrified to realise she 'd almost told him she 'd been rushing to get to him . |
| 3 | Though , since her denial was hardly any excuse for the way she had been trying to bolt to her room , she felt honour-bound to give him just as straightforward an explanation . |
| 4 | He said that there had been a postal strike and that he had been trying to write to me and as the mail was getting through , I should get the letters . |
| 5 | yes , Casey there 's something I 've been wanting to say to you . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you about that business the other night ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been wanting to speak to you for some time , Jekyll , ’ said the lawyer , ‘ about your will . ’ |
| 8 | I 've been meaning to talk to you , but you 've ducked out of the building so fast after finishing your show these last two days , ’ she told him when he stopped to greet her and ask if she had heard the brilliant spontaneous earthquake joke he 'd cracked on air that morning . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've been meaning to talk to you about that . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been meaning to speak to you , Rachaela , ’ she said , ‘ about the way you keep being late . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been meaning to speak to you about my going to London , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Dear Guitarist I have been meaning to write to your fine mag for a long time , but whenever I was about to put pen to paper someone else got there before me with the same topic . |
| 13 | Dear Rosemary , I know you must receive hundreds of letters like mine but I have been meaning to write to you now for ages . |
| 14 | LaBudde believes that drift-nets are the prime suspects for the disappearance of dozens of young humpback whales in the North Pacific , who have been failing to return to their Hawaiian breeding grounds in recent years . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's been trying to speak to you to warn you . |