Example sentences of "'s [adv] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France there 's long been a high priority on keeping the birth rate up , so there are very high maternity grants and family allowances , especially if you 've got three or more children . |
| 2 | It 's just been a dry summer . |
| 3 | It 's just been a long , exhausting day — ’ |
| 4 | Well maybe it 's just been a deep , a deep-rooted infection . |
| 5 | Later the former Grandstand presenter said : ‘ It 's just been a normal family Sunday lunch . |
| 6 | It 's just been a good boat to us . |
| 7 | But , apart from there 's not been a great deal of er anthropological study of gypsies a as an ethnic group and you know , studying their and their relationship with the the common population . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's because it 's not been a good year , due to fluctuating temperatures . ’ |
| 9 | It 's not been the best of years so far for Jimmy White , who was dubbed the bridesmaid of snooker after losing his fourth world championship final in May . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not been the best of times for us result-wise recently which makes it an even better performance . ’ |
| 11 | Now I know it 's a lot to expect , what with your sister still only nineteen , and the old a ‘ Buck ’ being every year of sixty five , so they tells me , but May and September 's always been a heady mix , and the old fool seems besotted . ’ |
| 12 | He 's always been a gentle little soul , very loving and friendly with everyone , but as he had to spend 3–4 hours every day on his own at home , we thought we would get another dog as company for him . |
| 13 | Yes , there 's always been a genuine interest in the Arts Association as a point where the university , those people involved in the university , can hear about what 's taking place in the arts and also participate in some aspects of the advisory panels . |
| 14 | It 's always been a Dark Force , and you 've only succeeded in harnessing a minuscule aspect of it . |
| 15 | Oh she 's always been a good daughter up till now , I 'll grant her that , I 've never been one to just blame the girl , Douglas , I blame the boy too . |
| 16 | And Smart E 's manager Danny Donnelly says : ‘ There 's always been a strong dance scene here and that 's probably why local bands have been at the forefront of the rave scene . |
| 17 | There 's always been a great deal of antipathy between Cheka and Securitate , but the Securitate has to kow-tow . |
| 18 | Doing the whole male fantasy trip 's always been a negative image for women to project , but we 're not gon na change it by telling people what to do . |
| 19 | It 's always been a standard joke in our family : " Do n't , for heaven 's sake , let Bruce get involved in any kind of business — it 'll go bust overnight ! " |
| 20 | Oliver and girls — it 's always been a trickier subject than he likes to make out . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's always been a lovely home . ’ |
| 22 | In fact over the years there 's always been a significant amount of lesbian/gay film making in the general programme . |
| 23 | In the past , there 's always been a little farmer over the hedge who jumps to the rescue — or a Hitler dressed up as a little farmer . |
| 24 | It 's always been a popular pub and that , along with everything else , has n't changed . |
| 25 | She 's always been an industrious hard-working careers officer |
| 26 | Well it 's always been an awful lot worse than it is now . |
| 27 | There were , there 's always been the illegal er abortionist . |
| 28 | We 've had another chi You see it 's always been the same kind of chiller . |
| 29 | No cos we was my friend Pat said to me oh she said , cos everyone have always come up to my house Christmas night , I 've always had the mess and that , she said oh she said , cos we 've got a house now come down to me , I said oh great , I can clean up and every Boxing morning it 's always been the same hangover , fucking |
| 30 | ‘ She 's always been the quiet one in the family . |