Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's been a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She 's been a grand help ! ’
2 I can talk to her in a way I could n't before and she 's been a great help over the past year .
3 She has designed the most wonderful costumes for me and she 's been a good friend .
4 She 's been a good friend to me . ’
5 And I saw your mother and I was going on saying all your virtues and how she 's been a good girl , how does that , how er , how erm self discipline she was and all this is on the tape
6 She 's been a silly woman and now she 's regretting it , ’ he said .
7 No , she has n't age , because she thinks she 's she 's been a big girl , and she 's now a little girl .
8 She has a dental appointment this afternoon and she 's been a little bit nervous about it .
9 and , and Valerie and now they 've bought the daughter a car , she 's been a naughty girl really , they 've given her everything have n't they ?
10 Despite the accusations of ball-tampering , it 's been a superb tour .
11 Nigel Green , chairman of the Grand Regatta Columbus Committee said : ‘ It 's been a superb display which has lived up to every expectation .
12 It 's been a surprising day .
13 It 's been a sad day for many of the base personnel .
14 He says it 's been a sad day , but its also a homecoming .
15 She says it 's been a lifelong ambition to work with horses .
16 It 's been a lifelong ambition of mine to beat him but at the big jump before Ballyboley Corner , Joey whizzed past me and although I tried to catch him again and take a tight line at Ballyboley he had just too much experience and he held on to beat me .
17 It 's been a rocky start to a short life … but Sami 's owners hope with a little helping hand it could have a much happier ending .
18 But she thought well it 's been a good experience anyway and she tho felt that she 'd played her pieces well erm
19 IT 'S been a good year for German neo-Nazis .
20 It 's been a good year , ’ he nodded .
21 William says that he wants to win and then hopefully look towards the world championship and then the next Europeans … it 's been a good year so far so he hopes it ends like that anyway
22 It 's been a good year for holly berries , and the crop on sale today attracted buyers from all over Britain .
23 It 's been a good run and they are still top of the Premiership table but they hardly looked champions today .
24 It 's been a good game , Mr Tunney , but it 's over now .
25 They had a fire at Saint Leonards and they 've been saying that really it 's been a good thing .
26 He 's scored four in just five starts , and said : ‘ It 's been a good start but I still do n't think I 've been at my best . ’
27 Och it 's been a good job to me .
28 It 's been a good season for Barnes and another Twickenham occasion is just the stage for him to show the selectors how good he can be .
29 Overall it 's been a good season .
30 ‘ Aye , it 's been a good summer .
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