Example sentences of "[conj] you have been [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ So you 've been chatting to the Earl of Ferngrove , Jill ! ’ |
| 3 | Once you 've been going to the same shops a lot , y'know , just standing around and not buying anything , they get to know you . |
| 4 | I will I would say that if you had been speaking to me on the phone , and this is not a criticism of John it 's just a an observation , you would n't be here . |
| 5 | Anyway , if you 've been talking to Betty you know who he is . ’ |
| 6 | I mean , if you 'd been talking to him during the lesson he 'd say , well , if you want to talk about it , leave it till after the lesson . |
| 7 | ’ If you have been attending to it for twenty four years , I came here into this church as a choir boy . ’ |