Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] be listening to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution . |
| 2 | Ali had been listening to the discussion . |
| 3 | Puzzling — since it seemed that Yorke had been listening to information he 'd specifically asked for . |
| 4 | For some time Leonard had been listening to the music of the day , which he shared with his mother and sister . |
| 5 | The Thing had been listening to radio and television and had found the place the going-straight-up Shuttles went from . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The officer commanding the militia had been listening to the conversation between the two men with growing unease . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Loretta turned to find that Geoffrey Simmons had been listening to the conversation . |
| 10 | 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 . |