Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] 's been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Billy Smallbury , she wants you to go to Casterbridge , to see if you can find the young soldier who 's been courting Fanny . ’ |
| 2 | So far , there 've been more a dozen such incidents across the region , but a psychologist who 's been studying them is warning that they 'll be difficult to stop . |
| 3 | My ex-boyfriend who 's been helping . |
| 4 | It turns out that half the words she 's been teaching me are all wrong . |
| 5 | Her tone is soothing , her whispers slide like sighs , but gently she is uncovering the reproach she 's been hiding for days . |
| 6 | Another , a veteran who 's been sorting out homesick Latins for years , said it was the greatest treat , once in a while , to get them to cook something just-a like-a Mama used to make . |
| 7 | You see , for months he 's been living on a diet of Minpins , and a thousand Minpins is not even a snack for him . |
| 8 | The last couple of months it 's been dragging : you feel ‘ I wish I could talk to somebody ’ … not knowing anybody else you tend to get this feeling that unless you go out and talk to someone you 'll go stark raving mad … |
| 9 | The last couple of months it 's been dragging : you feel ‘ I wish I could talk to somebody ’ … not knowing anybody else you tend to get this feeling that unless you go out and talk to someone you 'll go stark raving mad . |
| 10 | It 's still , it 's been , in the first two months it 's been going down on last year in volume terms . |
| 11 | Johnny what 's been happening ? |
| 12 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 13 | Police in Lothian are increasingly concerned about the safety of a fifteen year old girl who 's been missing for ten days . |
| 14 | No wonder he 's been looking for an excuse to get rid of you . ’ |
| 15 | A second rapper causes batted eyelids for a time , and the addition of a second guitar during an encore of ‘ Go Wild ’ suddenly give the sound the extra bite it 's been missing all night , but if 25th Of May are going to appeal on musical merit as a vehicle for their politics , they 'll have to update their sound , experiment and hit harder than this . |
| 16 | But if you just looked at the work he 's been churning out lately , without knowing anything about his business activities , you 'd wonder what had happened to him . |
| 17 | His twice broken kneecap still bears the scars — for Lawrence today was the test he 's been waiting for . |
| 18 | Now , from what I know of him he can get a good sound out of anything , but the amps he 's been using recently ( until he had them nicked from his car ) were Marshall Valvestate 80s . |
| 19 | I raise the delicate question he 's been avoiding . |
| 20 | A stall holder who 's been selling fruit and veg for the last eighteen months has been told he 's no longer allowed to sell the vegetables . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , Superintendent , he 's the shit who 's been screwing my wife . |
| 22 | Students in possession of any Morrissey records are charged a higher rate of interest on their college loans • A hitman is hired to hit the Hit Man and Her as well as all the bloody dancers ( especially that git who 's been wearing the same crappy wig for the last five mindbendingly-dull years ) . |
| 23 | A couple of times she 's been standing behind a door , open it , smash her brains in . |
| 24 | The place everyone 's been talking about lately . |
| 25 | It 's the moment everyone 's been waiting for . |
| 26 | Cheltenham swimmer Kevin Morris who 's been trying to make history by swimming the channel backstroke has missed out again … he was three and half hours out from Dover when a throat infection sunk his dreams … |
| 27 | Gooch the general who 's been switching the field around as to suit each batsman . |
| 28 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 29 | I mean I I 'd love to see the the whole history and that 's why I 'm glad that erm you people are taking an interest now in not helping us but some day somebody saying who 's that crank who 's been talking on there . |
| 30 | over two years she 's been doing it . |