Example sentences of "[noun prp] 's be [v-ing] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TOP MARKS : Whatever financial advice Johnny 's been giving Fergie has obviously paid off as the Duchess shows that she 's well and truly on top of the subject |
| 2 | Do you mean that old Hector 's been poaching salmon again ? |
| 3 | David 's been collecting cones for more than thirty years and since then he 's accumulated some real beauties . |
| 4 | De Niro 's been raising cash for his next serious project . |
| 5 | Elizabeth was crying because Angharad 's been destroying things in the house . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Leon 's been touring England for the past ten days , Delia . |
| 7 | 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. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | Steve 's been playing golf for 18 months now . |
| 10 | ‘ My first thought was , ‘ Oh my God , Carly 's been eating apples and drinking their juice almost all her life — ten years . |
| 11 | And , obscurely , ‘ Caroline 's been playing games again . |
| 12 | ‘ Tim 's been doing woodwork . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 14 | Bridget O'Brien 's been fighting attempts by Barclay 's Bank to repossess her home for five years and her legal victory was welcomed by others with similar problems . |
| 15 | However , the two of them stayed up late last night , drinking my best booze , and this morning Em 's been slamming doors quite a bit , and giving me dirty looks . |
| 16 | Charlotte 's been playing hangers . |
| 17 | Bryan Burnett 's been getting chatty with that showbiz legend Cilla Black . |