Example sentences of "this [noun sg] 's been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This boy 's been in the wars . |
| 2 | Is that what all this refurbishment 's been about ? |
| 3 | Every time this matter 's been before either committee or council there has been a majority in favour of the merger principles . |
| 4 | Before he was very , very bored , no challenges for him , nothing to do , erm , this guy 's been at director level , er , trouble-shooting for large abattoirs , going in and sorting problems out , and picking them off the ground , so he 's had loads of challenges , erm , the company 's just so slow for him . |
| 5 | From everything she says , it 's clear this gilgul 's been on the scene for quite a while — there is no way she could have learned what she 's learned , cleaned up her act and become who she is now if the only time she 's had to do it in was the brief interval between our confrontation at the Mephistco stand and her appearance on the beach at Bournemouth . |