Example sentences of "[vb past] to be listening " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he flew up beside Cassowary and pretended to be listening to the song . |
| 2 | He hardly seemed to be listening . |
| 3 | She hardly seemed to be listening to what he was saying . |
| 4 | Charles seemed to be listening to the brilliant quintet banging out its jazz . |
| 5 | Few , indeed , seemed to be listening for sense at all . |
| 6 | He seemed to be listening . |
| 7 | Mrs Singh seemed to be listening intently but I guess that a lot of what was being said went over her head . |
| 8 | Mr Evans 's voice boomed on about the things he had done when he was a boy — mostly earning money in his spare time to help his poor mother — but though Auntie Lou seemed to be listening , she was n't listening to him . |
| 9 | In speaking to others , he seemed to be listening for , watching , her reactions . |
| 10 | Her whole body seemed to be listening for him . |
| 11 | She glanced at David and wryly saw that he seemed to be listening to this conversation with great interest . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , these woods have seen far worse than Medoc and the Twelve Lords , ’ said Lugh airily , who happened to be listening to this . |
| 13 | The boy was quiet ; he appeared to be listening ; certainly he was n't staring out of the window for once . |
| 14 | He frowned and chewed his lower lip quite naturally and Fenella , hardly daring to breathe , saw that the Robemaker appeared to be listening . |
| 15 | She stopped moving and appeared to be listening . |