Example sentences of "he 'd been [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just as well Kenneth 's phone was n't engaged because , presumably , if he 'd been chatting to John Major about the situation in the Middle East , or talking to David Mellor about fun , poor old Johan would have been chucked out of the country . |
| 2 | And he 'd known it , all the time he 'd been trying to bed her . |
| 3 | But after that Pete had sworn that he 'd touch nothing stronger than tapwater for the rest of the evening , and so far he 'd been sticking to it . |
| 4 | She 'd thought at the time — fleetingly , without really dwelling on it — that he 'd been referring to Arnie with these remarks . |
| 5 | Perhaps he 'd been referring to someone else as well ? |
| 6 | The publican replied that he 'd been talking to his dog . |
| 7 | Leaving whoever it was he 'd been talking to , he started towards her . |
| 8 | For a long moment their glances clashed like swords , then there was a shout behind her , and she turned to see the two men he 'd been talking to and a short stout woman in a dark overall running towards them . |
| 9 | I did a double-take before I realized he 'd been talking to me . |
| 10 | Of course , he 'd been talking to Maria Luisa ; he had nothing to say to Steve . |
| 11 | He 'd been talking to these erm Greek blokes and they invited him into this bar for erm |
| 12 | Jesus had been , with his disciples and he had spent the whole day in teaching and preaching to the people , he 'd been explaining to them what the kingdom of God was like , he 'd been telling them some of the parables that perhaps we 're familiar with , he 'd been telling them about the parable of the sewer and the seed , the man who went out and he sewed his seed and different things went wrong birds came and picked up the stuff that fell by the wayside , some fell on stony ground and it could n't put down any roots , some fell amongst thorns and they were quickly choked , but some did fall in good prepared soil and that grew . |
| 13 | And he was glad to have an excuse to put off telling her the news that he 'd been keeping to himself . |