Example sentences of "[vb past] be listening " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Have what done ? ’ asked the child who 'd been listening . |
| 2 | She 'd been listening to him with dawning realisation , an icy sensation freezing her body inch by inch . |
| 3 | Over his shoulder he saw the looming shape of Arthur Dooley , the main singer of the group they 'd been listening to . |
| 4 | Luce glanced at Michele , who 'd been listening . |
| 5 | ‘ Before I burst through that door , I 'd been listening at the window — I distinctly recall that he was refusing to say anything really damning . |
| 6 | It was the Russians they 'd been listening to the whole lot . |
| 7 | A few moments later , acquitted defendant Daniel Winter , who 'd been listening to the closing speeches , ran from the building . |
| 8 | and Peter came in the morning , I never thought anything I 'd been listening to the radio , I heard there was a big accident on the road , a car accident |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For some time Leonard had been listening to the music of the day , which he shared with his mother and sister . |
| 11 | ‘ Sure I would , ’ and her brother turned on the Sunday game he had been listening to when Moran entered the yard . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He had been listening carefully . |
| 17 | Living at Betty 's house , I had been listening to it speak for long enough . |
| 18 | Thiercelin , for instance , had no idea of the fact that they had been listening to the work of the greatest composer of the day . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you not to bother , ’ Ellen said disparagingly as she climbed the main companionway , and I guessed that she had been listening to my conversation with Billingsley by standing just under the saloon skylight which was propped open . |
| 22 | He spun the radio tuner at random , to leave no evidence for prying eyes that he had been listening to a foreign station . |
| 23 | If she had been listening she would n't have learned much from the brief courtesy call from CI5 HQ . |
| 24 | The Thing had been listening to radio and television and had found the place the going-straight-up Shuttles went from . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Matilda , who had been listening closely , said , ‘ But daddy , that 's even more dishonest than the sawdust . |
| 27 | She had been listening slightly spellbound to this smooth recital , and now she said , ‘ How far can you go ? ’ |
| 28 | Since he 'd arrived at Montpelier Square he had been listening for the slightest movement elsewhere in the flat . |
| 29 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 30 | Maisie Dougall had been listening to her friends going on and she thought it was about time she made a contribution . |