Example sentences of "'s been a [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's been a bit of bother , Mrs Mitchell , ’ he said . |
| 2 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 3 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a brain drain from Britain and relatively little real commercial activity there . |
| 4 | Actually , Cliff , our computer simulation suggests that , in the unlikely event of your making a nude video , Britain would sigh , ‘ Oh dear , the poor old boy 's been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Look here , there 's been a bit of an accident . |
| 6 | I mean I know there 's been a lot of debate and I know that er you may feel it 's been a bit of a waste of time |
| 7 | It 's been a bit of a nightmare . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Sorry about this , it 's been a bit of a lousy day . |
| 9 | There 's been a bit of a fight down below . ’ |
| 10 | Then she said something like , ‘ The poor sap 's been a bit of a pain since . |
| 11 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 12 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a crisis over the weekend — some vital supplies have been held up — and , apparently , my presence is urgently required . ’ |
| 13 | It 's been a bit of hectic day , but |
| 14 | Did you see that erm letter in the paper the other day about the , the introduction of sliced bread because there 's been a bit of a correspondence about it ? |
| 15 | Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently |
| 16 | But he does , he lives in the churchyard , and he has done on and off , as you say , for a few years , and he 's been a bit of a most of the time he 's perfectly all right because he keeps himself to himself . |
| 17 | I think there 's been a bit of improvement this year compared to last . |
| 18 | I 'm sure I told you there was n't another meeting when you asked me , and I gather there 's been a bit of a problem as well for other people . |
| 19 | Yes it goes like that , like you say , you know , it 's come in and I did n't have nothing to lose and things were going well , then there 's been a bit of a lull and erm like I say , we 've worked hard and we 've like with following in on this save earlier on . |
| 20 | Most of them it 's been questions of rather less fundamental changes in the actual teaching style in the classroom and sometimes it 's been a question of concentrating on rather different kinds of things or giving more time to one kind of activity than another , or changing the pattern of assignments that they gave children , or things that were still well within the capacity of teachers to change without involving sort of fundamental changes in teaching style . |
| 21 | Well , it 's been a story of ups and downs . |
| 22 | There 's been a mix-up of account numbers or something . ’ |
| 23 | Having said that if you , there 's been a court of law we 'd prob , if , they 'd probably erm |
| 24 | There 's been a plethora of TV-watching , burger-eating breakdancing aliens . |
| 25 | But there 's been a change of plan . |
| 26 | There are a lot of people saying that Mike Martin Pipe is not the force he was etcetera but there 's been a change of policy down at and if anyone thinks that Pipe has lost his touch they 're talking twaddle . |
| 27 | I can always ring the house and let her know there 's been a change of plan . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ There 's been a change of plan , ’ Ashley said sharply . |
| 29 | The team hope that the microlight will eventually prove to be an inexpensive way of teaching cadets and trainee technicians about flying , so for them , it 's been a mixture of business and pleasure . |
| 30 | You know , where where it 's been a case of vandalism or petty theft . |