Example sentences of "[verb] been [v-ing] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 2 | But by a proud assertion of " independence " , an eighteenth-century artisan more likely would have been referring to his ability to maintain a wife and family at a proper standard without recourse to charity or poor relief . |
| 3 | The officer 's life was ‘ almost certainly ’ saved by the fact that one bullet became embedded in a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 4 | His life had almost certainly been saved by the fact that one bullet had hit a radio handset he had been holding to his ear . |
| 5 | Lady Bell said her son had been returning to his Land Rover , parked on the opposite side of the road to the farm . |
| 6 | ‘ Both worrying about the troubles of the world and how to cure them , but John 's been talking to his dad about this Spanish business and other things and he 'll work things out soon . ’ |