Example sentences of "[pron] 's be [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been wearing an inflatable plastic suit that slimmed your body and she 'd ignited it with her cigarette . |
| 2 | ‘ Well ? ’ she says as though she 's been waiting a long time . |
| 3 | Erm the volume i i is tremendous and er one worries about the effect of the surging waters on such an old construction , now we far worse than and consequently the emergency services have had to consider all sorts of alternatives , some of which you see now with the piping on , on the surface of it 's been having a good result the immediate problem , but you ca n't stop there and the emergency team have given consideration to all sorts of other possible temporary solutions in the event or that the pumping failed and er I think that 's possibly where this rumour about erm the railway line arrived but er I think Chairman I 've said enough , we all , we would all agree I think that the emergency workers have performed er I think we 're all pleased to see the army coming in erm and doing what they 've done and erm I certainly er appreciated the opportunity to come in on the old A Twenty Seven through West it took my mind back er many years I can tell you and erm I , I think congratulations all round are due , but I come back to what 's all saying and which I support as it would be a folly when the dust has settled erm to really take a an objective er position and see that er arrangements are in hand channels and things like that will not again be supercharged in the way they are . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | there 's better news for Oxfordshire 's young tennis champion Tim Henman he 's been given a wild card entry into the Challenger Trophy which starts tomorrow |
| 6 | He 's been gone a long time |
| 7 | he 's been doing a blue track sort of something |
| 8 | ‘ The Tandy shock will prove he 's prepared to use anyone to his own ends and that he 's been leading a double life . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't believe he 's been carrying a huge old-fashioned thing like that around ever since he left . |
| 10 | Do you know if Graham 's got that flat , he 's been offered a flat |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |