Example sentences of "'s been [v-ing] a " in BNC.

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1 And then Sinead Sinead 's been collecting a whole lot with and everything and she 's got the most .
2 And another I noticed erm Simon 's been bringing a few of his friends home from school and erm I mean he 's in a class of thirty eight
3 Hopeless with that on because of course , he 's been wearing a pullover all the time and initially he had it clipped on the right hand side of his belts and of course , with that switch where is it ?
4 She 's been wearing an inflatable plastic suit that slimmed your body and she 'd ignited it with her cigarette .
5 The RAF 's been lending a hand helping to lift a 9 foot curly mammoth trunk from the ground .
6 He 's been writing a column for the Sunday Express , occupying the space most famously enjoyed by John Junor , the laird of Auchtermuchty .
7 He said : ‘ Oh — I was just wondering , you know , because my skin 's been getting a little dry recently . ’
8 then they stop her this tax what she owes them all , well she 's been getting a hundred and forty seven
9 OOH-ER , looks like someone 's been trying a spot of stunt driving that led to a Mini being made even mini-er against a thick brick wall .
10 She 's been eating a seagull .
11 Somebody 's been eating a lot of those have n't they ?
12 I said somebody 's been eating a lot of those .
13 And me who 's been firing a gun from when I was practically able to walk .
14 ‘ Gran 's been making a cake ! ’
15 It 's been doing a lot of talking with the Object Management Group but it 's reportedly still just that , talk .
16 I know Meredith Putt 's been doing a lot of talking about the railway , but I did n't know it was on its way . ’
17 ‘ Perhaps Jacob 's been doing a bit of tidying up . ’
18 he 's been doing a blue track sort of something
19 No , Rose said : he 's been doing an exorcism .
20 It could n't said Gwendoline pretending to examine it very closely , those strings have been cut Mary Lou someone 's been playing a trick on you , what a shame .
21 It 's been running a similar pilot scheme at the Radcliffe Infirmary for the past eighteen months and says consultants are enthusiastic about the results .
22 ‘ He 's been keeping an eye on me , old Frear .
23 Well I think no greater no other individual but Paddy Ashdown has been providing a healthy lead , but sadly it 's one where he 's been citing a a an approach to Bosnia one month .
24 For the past year , he 's been fighting a massive tumour in his chest with gruelling bouts of chemotherapy and painful lumbar punctures in hospital .
25 ‘ Because she 's still fixated with her idea that Old Red 's been carrying a torch for your aunt for years , and it 's now burst into a fine new flame .
26 I do n't believe he 's been carrying a huge old-fashioned thing like that around ever since he left .
27 Right , now , the next item is the press and we have a press officer , yeah , like to , perhaps say what 's been happening a little bit and , and you know talk about the next time .
28 And they say yes we will , our business teach teacher told us about that you see because it 's been happening a lot , cos Marks and Spencers do n't ask for a receipt you see , it actually happened , they used to take things from upstairs , bring them downstairs and said they bought it and got the money for it .
29 Yes , yes well we ca n't talk you see , we do n't know , we do n't know what 's happening , but she 's been suffering a lot with her back just now and she put that off you know that because she 's not attending the meetings , she ca n't sit , and if she comes to the meetings she ca n't sit down , she stands up , props herself against the wall and stand up right at the back so , we do n't know you see
30 Your husband 's been having a busy week . ’
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