Example sentences of "'s be [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There is a man next door who 's been looking for a job at least five years . |
| 2 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |
| 3 | Ottawa , Canada-based 4GL software supplier Cognos Inc is about to consummate the moves into Unix and distributed computing it 's been flagging for a year , with the planned Six By Six launch of six products on six Unix platforms in August . |
| 4 | Instead , she 's been saved for the moment by an old-fashioned storyteller , worth millions — George Lucas of Star Wars . |
| 5 | ‘ The kennels failed health and safety standards , so they 're half finished — nothing 's been done for a year . |
| 6 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
| 7 | Well erm I think so , I mean they had a great side under Bill Beaumont 's leadership and it 's been promising for a couple of years with England , and today they actually came through with the goods erm a bit of an anti-climax last year at erm at Murrayfield . |
| 8 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for a total of four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 9 | " It 's been raining for a week . " |
| 10 | a standard Anglepoise lamp er which it 's been going for a number of years , you can get it in about six different colours to match different designs of , er put colour into your room , now if somebody was spending a lot of time sitting knitting and has to look at the knitting or has to look at the pattern then er a good strong light which wo n't get in their eyes but goes straight on to what , whatever they 're doing , is by far the best thing for them , er but they say oh I do n't like it , it 's a bit angular is n't it , erm , modern sort of thing , er but because it 's angular it does n't mean to say it 's not gon na fit into the room it 's the right thing for it , er for the person doing that work . |
| 11 | ‘ He 's been running for a bookie again , Sarah . |
| 12 | Since his recovery , he 's been running for the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 13 | Since his recovery , he 's been running for the Cancer Research Campaign . |
| 14 | The Tree has some pretty weird ideas about religion ; he might just swallow the idea he 's been working for the devil all this time . |
| 15 | Since she left school she 's been working for the Fish Co-operative in Stockholm Backs , not far from Riddle 's yard . ’ |
| 16 | No but I mean , I do n't mean wh I do n't mean where he 's been working for the corporation , I mean before when he 's had these various jobs and they 've finished and he 's had , you know , the job 's finished and they 've had to go somewhere . |
| 17 | Well , the sun 's been shining for the opening day of the Henley Royal Regatta . |
| 18 | It 's not just that Mr Parnham knows the count , it 's an idea the old boy 's been floating for a while , so he tells me . |
| 19 | You know , he 's been picked for the conservatives to stand has he ? |
| 20 | ‘ I bet he 's been dying for an audience , ’ Dalziel said to Pascoe . |
| 21 | She 's been missing for a week , was going to marry a rising Minister , successful career , everything coming up roses . |
| 22 | But you know it surprises me I mean I know the church is , is closed and it 's been closed for a couple of years now and it looks a sight because now I do n't know how many members they 've got , at least a couple of them could go in there and cut all the brambles down . |
| 23 | a thing that 's been used for a couple of months ! |
| 24 | She 's been admitted for a D and C. ’ |
| 25 | For two years Kelly 's been waiting for a heart and lung transplant , the only cure for her condition . |
| 26 | Rainbow 's been waiting for an opportunity to nudge the conversation round to Stamford Hill . |
| 27 | Now that she 's been nominated for an Oscar , it would be natural for there to be competition between them . |