Example sentences of "'s [be] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 2 | She 's been living on borrowed time for a long while . |
| 3 | Then the really hard part is persuading the public to listen , because the last thing they want to believe is that the charlatan in the white coat is n't going to give them a cure for cancer , a promise he 's been renewing at regular intervals for the past two hundred years . |
| 4 | He 'll never let you get away with anything in a ward even if he 's been pining with unrequited love for your aunt for God knows how many years . ’ |
| 5 | Starring Paul Nicholas , it 's been playing to packed houses for nearly two weeks . |
| 6 | Additionally , he 's been working with Left Hand Right Hand , who 've just toured the States , while his other musical activities have seen him involved with British Racing Green and Danielle Dax , with whom he plays bass from time to time . |
| 7 | As a producer , MacCabe is naturally enough dismayed by this pro-directorial bias : ‘ If you look at what 's been happening to British cinema over the last 10 years or so , then it 's clear that it has tended to be production-led — names like Working Title , Palace Films or Zenith are as important as those of any individual director . |
| 8 | He 's been diving into local affairs to help raise money for charity . |
| 9 | Musically , too , she 's been striding into new territory , celebrating all kinds of Forties swing on her latest LP , Captain Swing . |