Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] [to-vb] me [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Minginish has been trying to keep me here , in the Rorim . |
2 | ( I had taken to climbing over the railings of the barracks each night , as the watchmen on the gate had been forbidden to let me in as I was known to be sleeping there . |
3 | ‘ You 've been trying to ease me out , Charles . |
4 | I can recognise a set-up when I see one , and you , Mr Burns , have been trying to set me up . |
5 | After all , the press have been trying to marry me off for years . ’ |
6 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |