Example sentences of "that he have been [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 2 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |
| 3 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 4 | But in his heart he knew that he had been speaking to a troubled spirit , a spirit that had something terrible to confess . |
| 5 | He spun the radio tuner at random , to leave no evidence for prying eyes that he had been listening to a foreign station . |
| 6 | His comment also meant that he had been listening to her conversation with the receptionist in Dublin — because he had still been bored ? |
| 7 | When she began to protest , he claimed he was getting help on an out-patient basis , and that he had been going to AA . |