Example sentences of "have been listening to " in BNC.

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1 NORMA Major has been listening to Jarvis 's Frayn , the latest cassette recording from actor Martin Jarvis , on her car cassette .
2 In the pilot 's seat Bill has been listening to the conversation behind him .
3 She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch .
4 Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to .
5 It was the Russians they 'd been listening to the whole lot .
6 A few moments later , acquitted defendant Daniel Winter , who 'd been listening to the closing speeches , ran from the building .
7 and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident
8 A TRIAL was halted yesterday after complaints that magistrates had fallen asleep when they should have been listening to evidence .
9 He might have been listening to Moses when he came down from the mountain .
10 You must have been listening to the B.B.C. or something . ’
11 ‘ It 's not a pleasant thought that he could have been listening to , and taping , our conversations . ’
12 And it gets in your hair and it gets in your clothes , she must have been listening to the television .
13 He referred to the Man City game which he must have been listening to on Manc Radio .
14 Iain Logan had been listening to him as though fascinated by the stress of experience which had lengthened Cameron 's face and closed his black brows over his eyes .
15 For some time Leonard had been listening to the music of the day , which he shared with his mother and sister .
16 ‘ Sure I would , ’ and her brother turned on the Sunday game he had been listening to when Moran entered the yard .
17 George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information .
18 Maginnis had been listening to almost two hours of complaints about the police when a woman announced that she would clap her hands if she heard of an RUC constable 's death .
19 Living at Betty 's house , I had been listening to it speak for long enough .
20 Thiercelin , for instance , had no idea of the fact that they had been listening to the work of the greatest composer of the day .
21 I had been listening to a lot of songs in very different styles , quite consciously , to try to get a little more inspiration for when we went into the studio .
22 So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along .
23 ‘ I told you not to bother , ’ Ellen said disparagingly as she climbed the main companionway , and I guessed that she had been listening to my conversation with Billingsley by standing just under the saloon skylight which was propped open .
24 He spun the radio tuner at random , to leave no evidence for prying eyes that he had been listening to a foreign station .
25 The Thing had been listening to radio and television and had found the place the going-straight-up Shuttles went from .
26 What he had not bargained for was the fact that these two Gardai had been listening to well-articulated feminist rhetoric all afternoon and were still reeling from the effects .
27 Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution .
28 Puzzling — since it seemed that Yorke had been listening to information he 'd specifically asked for .
29 One is left wondering whether it was a dream or one really had been listening to a man whose clothes and surroundings were obviously of little importance but who knew more Latin and Greek than one ever had , could quote the classics and poetry , would have one lost in the depths of philosophy , someone who was probably in a Gaelic world of his own and was translating into English for the benefit of his listener although the learning had largely been gathered in that language .
30 I think he had been listening to some people in the dale who had missed out on the shoot and the money that went with it , and were critical , or pretended to be critical , of people who worked for Sir Emmanuel and the other toffs — maybe a bit left wing , although Stanley was n't a person who took any interest in politics .
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