Example sentences of "'s been a great [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was a very lovely girl and it 's been a great shock to us all , ’ agreed Melissa . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's been a great help , ’ reflects Jules . |
| 3 | I can talk to her in a way I could n't before and she 's been a great help over the past year . |
| 4 | Lois adds : ‘ Dad 's been a great help to me . |
| 5 | Yeah , cos he 's been a great help to me ! |
| 6 | ‘ It 's been a great school for the temper . ’ |
| 7 | Mind you , there 's been a great pause on it while you went to see to the baby . |
| 8 | The Government says it 's been a great success — those living close to its route say its ruined their lives . |
| 9 | It 's been a great experience . |
| 10 | Sadie Murray , of Irvine , who has worked at Digital for more than five years , said : ‘ It 's been a great worry over the last few weeks . |
| 11 | Seles said : ‘ It 's been a great season , and a great way to end it . ’ |
| 12 | It 's been a great pleasure to meet you . ’ |
| 13 | Er , can I say that it 's been a great pleasure coming er , to you and to say that erm that there 's far more to say , of course , about Canberra er , but I hope that that taster will help you to try and appreciate what went on there . |
| 14 | There 's been a great deal to discuss . |
| 15 | erm I think in fact it would be better to ask Mr Bailey to explain what his concerns were erm I 'd just like to say first although initially it revolves around problems of drinking , I 'm looking at other issues of East Oxford , in that recently there 's been a great deal of concern about glue sniffing in sections there , and there have been various letters from residents in the local newspapers , and I think there 's a general level of problem for people living in East Oxford , and it 's not just that the people there want the streets cleaned up or whatever , they want something constructive and helpful to be done for people . |
| 16 | And erm oh for many years now there 's been a great interest in consistency in sentencing . |
| 17 | So , so that 's been a great improvement I think , erm in recent years and , and in the erm early seventies we , we also went into the business of providing equipment that could be left at rescues , on site , you know it was always tying up a fire engine by taking it there and , and being tied up so we provided these things which we call demountable equipment , which we commonly call the pods and erm |
| 18 | You know young Neil Lewis coming in for a game like this is tremendous performance and Michael Whitlow and Colin Hill have been up against it but they 've worked hard and I think it 's been a great game and er one nil probably does n't er justify both sides . |
| 19 | Neil Johnston meets James Kelly , doyen of Ulster journalism ‘ It 's been a great game to be in … ’ |
| 20 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 21 | THE STREAMLINED hairdo , the synth-dance , U2-ish single , the grittier personas — aah , watching the reincarnation of Bon Jovi 's been a great hoot . |
| 22 | Oh nineteen sixties we , we introduced that with the blessing of the ambulance people as well , it was n't done without careful consideration , because erm we did n't want people to , to just erm introduce it without knowing what we were doing and ever since we used it it 's been a great blessing . |
| 23 | It 's no good putting it off any longer though he 's been a great comfort to me , mind . ’ |
| 24 | He 's been a great player ; we 've had confidence in each other . |
| 25 | It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month . |