Example sentences of "'s been [vb pp] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A shot 's been fired during an armed robbery on a building society . |
| 2 | It 's been toyed with a few times but as far I 'm aware , this is probably the first serious attempt — certainly at the sort of scale we 're talking of — to use a perched beach to provide coastal protection . |
| 3 | indeed , he , he 's been revered as an intellectual player , erm , he , a thinking player , a shining example , and of course , that , that shows up in , in statistics when you read about what he 's achieved , and you think , you know , fifty six caps for Northern Ireland . |
| 4 | A parliamentary candidate has branded a football club as sexist because she 's been barred from a men-only dinner . |
| 5 | But it 's been adapted , it 's been worn by an ordinary person doing everyday things , and I think that 's , it 's something that 's , it 's very important to remember when you 're studying Victorian fashion and Victorian costume , that actually a lot of the documentary evidence gives a very biased picture and that to find clothes like this , I think you get a much more realistic picture of what people actually wore . |
| 6 | He 's been appointed to a splendid living in one of the Kensington parishes . |
| 7 | Again , explain what 's been said to a close friend and keep reminding yourself that in God 's eyes you are a successful , important and useful person . |
| 8 | He might look like an old man who 's been run over a few times to you , but to me … ’ he puffed his chest out even further ‘ … he 's a vicious criminal . ’ |
| 9 | It 's been adopted by a large number of Authorities , of which is gon na be one of them I hope . |
| 10 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
| 11 | Hair that 's been coloured with a permanent product will benefit from an intensive conditioner once a week . |
| 12 | Now a book 's been published as a church-by-church guide unravelling the stories behind stained glass . |
| 13 | The anniversary 's been marked with a Mad Hatter 's tea party , held in torrential rain . |
| 14 | What 's happening , since it 's been stolen by a scruffy bunch of articulate punk rockers , is simply rock 'n' roll without the bullshit . |
| 15 | What 's happening , since it 's been stolen by a scruffy bunch of articulate punk rockers , is simply rock 'n' roll without the bullshit . |
| 16 | I think it 's been closed for a long time actually . |
| 17 | It 's an exact replica of a living bull elephant , which leads a herd on the Skeleton Coast of south-west Africa and it 's been ordered by a wealthy businessman in California . |
| 18 | It 's an exact replica of a living bull elephant , which leads a herd on the Skeleton Coast of south-west Africa and it 's been ordered by a wealthy businessman in California . |
| 19 | Is is possible to find its original military number plate as it 's been reregistered with a civilian number ? |
| 20 | But for decades it 's been used as a giant dustbin . |
| 21 | It 's been routed from a solid block of not very posh plywood . |
| 22 | ‘ Use your head , girl — the throne of England 's been rocked by an American once , they wo n't let it happen again . ’ |
| 23 | It 's been started with a local council grant , and caters for some of an estimated one thousand people who would otherwise have to eat from rubbish bins … or simply go hungry . |
| 24 | Welcome back:A new clinic … the first of it 's kind in Britain … is cutting hospital waiting lists so fast that it 's been described as a runaway success . |