Example sentences of "[been] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said he 'd been wanting to ring me all day but did n't want to interrupt my work . |
| 2 | He 'd told her what to get ; she 'd been going to get him flared jeans ! ) , and he thought he looked pretty good in his snow-white shirt , black jacket , white trainers and lightly blonded dark hair . |
| 3 | And no , they had not been expecting to see her that weekend , though with Giles away she had said she might come on the Sunday . |
| 4 | ‘ Simon has been asking to meet you all evening , ’ she told Maggie . |
| 5 | No operation had been invented to give you small feet . |
| 6 | Taking a folder from a wire tray on the desk , he said , ‘ I 've been trying to reach you all morning . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've been trying to contact you all day . |