Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] 's be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It 's just that Stephen 's been rooting about in boxes . |
| 3 | I think the key point is Yeltsin , like Gorbachev , unlike the coup leaders is part of a very privileged elite in the Soviet Union and the difference is that to express the erm , you know trying to put them , advance themselves in society at the expense of the rest of Soviet 's society , applicable difference is erm much more inventive and sort of packed on the end to justify er that , that the moves they are making , I mean at , you know like I say that can be seen in the very democratic step that Yeltsin 's been taking since he 's been the Russian president . |
| 4 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 5 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 6 | I did n't realize , in fact , oh yeah , let's talk about all the men that Claire 's been hanging out with . |
| 7 | ‘ Only that Humber 's been raising Cain all day about having to carry D.I.L.s in Marcus proper and Marcus Small Ward , and how , though she 's willing , she ca n't be in two places at once . ’ |
| 8 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 9 | ‘ All the rumours are that Jerry 's been bringing his troops back from the east by the train-load . |
| 10 | And she has a hundred and forty and he 's gotten of cans for the his mum and Stewart 's been getting some cans for the shop for his granddad and I 've been asking for permission to go into the dump and get some for there . |
| 11 | he erm , he 's given Stuart our phone number and Stuart 's been shouting this , this is Geoff 's phone number I mean he 's , he 's been telling every body our phone number , I says yeah you just let somebody ring us up and I 'll bloody well be round their house like a shot if they phone , they |
| 12 | Erm , it 's a very long term thing , and John 's been working through the tenants ' action group on it so I personally do n't know what , what the kind of take up is on that , er |
| 13 | Erm mine 's good but Martin 's been having some back trouble . |
| 14 | Scorpios are supposed to be possessive , but Adam 's been acting more like a gaoler recently — he hardly allows you out of his sight . |
| 15 | ‘ Both worrying about the troubles of the world and how to cure them , but John 's been talking to his dad about this Spanish business and other things and he 'll work things out soon . ’ |
| 16 | I mean , I know , but Colin ai n't been down much this week , because Colin 's been working , he 's been working every day and that , you know what I mean , it 's been a bit hard for us to get down but we tried . |
| 17 | oh he sucked his biscuit before , that 's right , I put it in the bin did n't I ? and I said to you do n't eat it because Richard 's been sucking it , lift your foot up please let's have your shoe back on again |
| 18 | Elizabeth was crying because Angharad 's been destroying things in the house . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |