Example sentences of "been [v-ing] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those few minutes she 'd simply been reacting to the mood he 'd created so skilfully . |
| 2 | But perhaps Governor Clinton 's most remarkable achievement will have been bringing to an end the Reagan-Bush years . |
| 3 | Martin and Roberts ( 1984 , pp. 11–12 ) found that older women , many of whom would not have been contributing to the state pension scheme in their own right , tended to leave the labour market in their mid-fifties . |
| 4 | At one point he inserts the comment , ‘ you will want cause and effect ’ , as a prelude to a ludicrously far-fetched explanation of what has been happening to a character in one of the text 's interstices ( Pynchon 1975a : 663 ) . |
| 5 | It 's er just what 's been happening to a lot of folk , sinus trouble . |
| 6 | Third To make the public aware of what has been happening to the badger . |
| 7 | I 'm gon na start by going back to that graph we looked at first thing this morning which is trying to explain what had been happening to the pattern of tourism , both visitors to this country and visitors moving away from this country in the period nineteen seventy eight to nineteen eighty two . |
| 8 | Now , while this had been happening to the fisherman , his poor dumb wife was left alone in the lonely hut . |
| 9 | The fact that my innocent inquiry had provoked such a defensive , almost hostile response got me thinking about what has been happening to the labour force since the mid-1970s . |
| 10 | Comparison of ‘ To Lucinda ’ with the first publication of ‘ The Rural Maid 's Reflexions ’ shows that Browne , for whatever reason , changed at least one title , though he may have been returning to the original . |
| 11 | 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 ! ’ |
| 12 | McDunn nods slowly , slightly , a distant look in his eyes like he 's not really nodding at what I 've just told him ; has n't been listening to a word I 've said , in fact . |
| 13 | ’ Oh , Bill , you have n't been listening to a word I said ! ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've also been listening to a lot of Glenn Branca recently . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's not your servant , miss , ’ said Zillah , who had been listening to the conversation . |
| 18 | In the pilot 's seat Bill has been listening to the conversation behind him . |
| 19 | The officer commanding the militia had been listening to the conversation between the two men with growing unease . |
| 20 | Loretta turned to find that Geoffrey Simmons had been listening to the conversation . |
| 21 | Has the right hon. and learned Gentleman not been listening to the chorus of demands from the CBI , from the trade unions and now also from a number of Conservative newspapers for an increase in capital allowances for manufacturing industry ? |
| 22 | For some time Leonard had been listening to the music of the day , which he shared with his mother and sister . |
| 23 | Obviously he had been listening to the battle . |
| 24 | Thiercelin , for instance , had no idea of the fact that they had been listening to the work of the greatest composer of the day . |
| 25 | ‘ You 've been listening to the hoodoo doctors , ’ he says . |
| 26 | Ali had been listening to the discussion . |
| 27 | They 've all been listening to the trainer . |
| 28 | Erm I have n't actually been listening to the programme I was asleep I 've got to be honest . |
| 29 | ‘ By the way , I 've just been listening to the news . |
| 30 | 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 . |