Example sentences of "[conj] he 's [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television came in the wake of other consumer durables : a vacuum cleaner and a boiler for the washing — once used to cook a lobster my father has brought back from the Highlands where he 's been on a spell of painting stations that will be closed by the Beeching plan a decade later . |
| 2 | Or are you simply afraid to show openly what you can do where he 's been before you ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But on Adwick we have decided , and I 've told John or he 's been informed , that because we 've got a supervisor there I do n't want him starting at six in the morning . |
| 5 | ‘ But although he 's been a key force for them , we have to remember that they have a number of good jumpers ready to come in as replacements . |
| 6 | ‘ And saying , ’ said Wendy , ‘ that he 's been held up at a confinement when he 's forgotten all about somebody . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ For Christ 's sake — because I believe Tweed is innocent , that he 's been framed up to the hilt . |
| 8 | Cruel observers may remark that he 's been going downhill ever since . |
| 9 | A brief analysis of Primal Scream 's pop career has also taken place , rounded off by a sure-footed declaration from Craig that ‘ the only respect I have for Bobby Gillespie is that he 's been closer to Kylie Minogue 's fanny than I have . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ But they wo n't be able to get word out that he 's been to see them . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been a terrible shame that he 's been out so long , but I have no doubt he will get back to how he was . |
| 12 | Another with a point to make is their captain and scrum-half Paul John , a greatly improved player who will at least let Rupert Moon , also an outstanding player , know that he 's been in a battle . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , my friend , it 's a happy fact that not every collector would wish to advertise the fact that he 's been fooled . |
| 14 | It 's obvious that he 's been sent some kind of message , and I believe in these things . |
| 15 | She just said that he was here when she first came to the Zoo and that he 's been here longer than anyone else . |
| 16 | He 'll be returning to an empty fairground of deserted stalls , with only the faint remembered echo of the music that he 's been ignoring . |
| 17 | I heard a whisper that he 's been selling coins lately . |
| 18 | It 's difficult to be sure , but I 'd say he 'd been put in the water immediately after death and that he 's been tossed about in shallow water over a rocky bottom ever since . |
| 19 | As for Dieter Sims , I do n't know much about him except that he 's been building up the East German unit under Husband 's wing . |
| 20 | ‘ Rumours that he 's been fooling around behind my back ? ’ |
| 21 | It 's just that he 's been used to having his own way for so long it does n't occur to him there are perspectives alternative to his own . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The Tandy shock will prove he 's prepared to use anyone to his own ends and that he 's been leading a double life . ’ |
| 23 | Having said that he 's been out that long you know Alan and Cooper he 'll not want to miss any more football surely ? |
| 24 | Our latest information is that he 's been working as a waiter at a bar called Flamingo . ’ |
| 25 | He brings a large , but incomplete , map of the village and surrounding area , saying that he 's been approached by one of the railway companies who are interested in building a railway line to Seatown , and that they have asked him to have the map updated . |
| 26 | Right , I just thought the Chair would like to thank Councillor for the immense amount of work I know that he 's been putting in over certain things that have been going on lately and I now take councillors ' questions if any of you got any for me . |
| 27 | I also find that he 's been quoting some twelve hour figures and the only ones I have , you may have them er Mr chairman , are from the H and T C report in July of last year where they forecasted four thousand nine hundred on the A six five eight and achieve eight thousa for nineteen ninety six and achieved eight thousand one hundred now . |
| 28 | There 's no other way to explain the fact that he 's been allowed to buy that land so cheaply . |
| 29 | There has never been any hint that he 's been involved in underhand dealings . ’ |
| 30 | Football , and Swindon manager Glenn Hoddle has denied rumours that he 's been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |