I'm not saying my base is quite often busy but here is the RT between me and ATC.
"G- _ _ _ _ downwind to land"
"G- _ _ _ _ your are number 7 following DA40"
At this point I was saying like "S _ _ T where are they all"
So I just said "Have traffic in sight, G - _ _ _ _ " which I did cos I could see the one in front, but we then had a cross country flight before I got to do my "Finals to land".