Example sentences of "[noun] 's [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I see it , Rocky 's been playing in the wide midfield role ( more or less a direct replacement for Strach ) , with Fairclough playing as a direct replacement for Batty , and Macca and Speed in more central roles . |
| 2 | ‘ Creed 's been looking for you . ’ |
| 3 | Remember the the boat 's been filling with water , they 've been bailing out in desperation , after they 'd done everything that they can do they then turn round and said , Lord , do n't you care we 're gon na drown ? |
| 4 | Actually , Becky 's been asking for you , Rourke . |
| 5 | Kevin Kline 's been chatting to John Miller about working with a great actor — himself ! |
| 6 | same sort of feel that Mr Allenby 's been dealing with ? |
| 7 | interest tax relief , it 's M I D A S right , so let's not start talking about the benefit of public sector housing and to show the financial illiteracy of of of what 's actually been proposed if you understand the government regulation about the ring fencing o of of of the housing revenue account and and the way in which housing benefit is now having to be subsidised by those other council house tenants then what 's actually going to happen when your poor people inhabit those houses , those public sector houses and they need the housing benefit that David 's been talking about . |
| 8 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 9 | Your boy 's been working on it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | THE CAT 'S BEEN SLEEPING ON IT ALL AFTERNOON ! |
| 12 | They have n't noticed the so-called economic boom Chile 's been enjoying for the last twenty years . |
| 13 | Nigel 's been living in West Malvern for about two years now . |
| 14 | Well , the sun 's been shining for the opening day of the Henley Royal Regatta . |
| 15 | Yet while she 's been pulling no punches as the dynamic young WPC , Jane 's been wrestling with the thorny dilemma of whether she can find lasting love with teacher Grant Mitchell played by Craig McLachlan . |
| 16 | Jane 's been talking to Paul about it and he 's being very non committal because of this Y T S T M review |
| 17 | ‘ Daddy 's been trying like mad to get hold of some . |
| 18 | Alright , and I 'll talk about , well , the lesson finishes at twelve , so if you have about a quarter of an hour , twenty minutes on that , then what I want each group to have someone who will report back on what the group 's been talking about in the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 19 | Mama 's been talking of sugar beet . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ It developed out of the work Cork Film Festival 's been doing over the past number of years . |
| 21 | Your wife 's been asking for you — ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Sara Lee 's been playing with us for a while ; it was Scott Litt ( REM producer ) who recommended her , and I love the way she plays bass . |
| 23 | I was asking you about the guy Adam 's been talking to this evening . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You mean all this time Kerry 's been working against you ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Now you 've done it , ’ accused Linda , ‘ you 've woke up a poor young woman Sergeant Joe 's been lookin' after . ’ |
| 26 | His lordship 's been calling for you . ’ |
| 27 | Then , as her face fell , he added , ‘ However , since Kirsty 's been staying with me I 've made a point of packing up just after five . ’ |
| 28 | Now , if your dog 's been behaving in an unusual way , do n't despair , you can now call in the experts . |
| 29 | Rainbow 's been waiting for an opportunity to nudge the conversation round to Stamford Hill . |
| 30 | This woman 's been coming from Holland every year for the last fourteen years |