Example sentences of "[been] listening " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | For some time Leonard had been listening to the music of the day , which he shared with his mother and sister . |
| 3 | ‘ Sure I would , ’ and her brother turned on the Sunday game he had been listening to when Moran entered the yard . |
| 4 | Eventually an old gentleman who had been listening with much amusement to their discussion said that what mattered was not whether the earthworm has an immortal soul but whether it has a purpose . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That would have made an impression at a literary party , but the old trout just replied , ‘ Silly boy , I do n't think you 've been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 7 | Mona , the distinguished elderly lady in the tea-gown with lace at the neck , had been listening with a disapproval balanced by her evident affection for both Charity and Peregrine . |
| 8 | ‘ Christ , have n't you been listening ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I have also been listening to this wonderful young singer from Dresden , Olaf Bär . |
| 11 | I have been listening for hours as our politicians tell us what they intend to do if elected , yet I have not heard one mention of the disabled . |
| 12 | A TRIAL was halted yesterday after complaints that magistrates had fallen asleep when they should have been listening to evidence . |
| 13 | He might have been listening to Moses when he came down from the mountain . |
| 14 | He had been listening carefully . |
| 15 | Living at Betty 's house , I had been listening to it speak for long enough . |
| 16 | You must have been listening to the B.B.C. or something . ’ |
| 17 | Thiercelin , for instance , had no idea of the fact that they had been listening to the work of the greatest composer of the day . |
| 18 | But I feel it incumbent upon me ( I have been listening to chairmen 's speeches ) to bring up the subject for one last time because of a letter from a reader in Nigeria . |
| 19 | Robert Taylor has been listening out for the sounds of an economic recovery |
| 20 | ‘ Have what done ? ’ asked the child who 'd been listening . |
| 21 | You 've been listening to his scaremongering nonsense . |
| 22 | And in the last couple of years I 've been listening to music that 's going in the same direction , like The Beach Boys , for instance , but trying to keep it within a guitar format . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 24 | ‘ I think a lot of what happens when you play solos has to do with what you 've been listening to lately . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | We 'd all been listening to things like reggae and Spanish music , and when we got together to rehearse , we 'd be playing all kinds of crazy stuff before we settled down to get serious . ’ |
| 27 | As for The Roches , we 've been big , big fans of theirs since way back — I 've been listening to them since I was about 13 . |
| 28 | I 've been listening to that a lot . |
| 29 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 30 | ‘ Besides — ’ said Anne who had not been listening , but pursuing her own line of thought ‘ — if I were affianced to Prince Edward , the marriage could be completed in a year or so — instead of delayed for Heaven knows how long ! ’ |