Example sentences of "[det] [noun] 's [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Little Arsehole 's been clever , the sod . |
| 2 | That car 's been parked there over a week , and I was just beginning to wonder about ringing the police . |
| 3 | yeah , to see if that car 's been sold , stolen or whatever and yet a solicitor come he said your solicitor will be able to pick up the phone , take you through the right channels , see if he 's sold that car , he has n't sold the car , who 's he sold it |
| 4 | Well I shall go because if that fella 's been from , if that fella said I did n't have a job I 'll be jumping up and down like a what d' ya call it ! |
| 5 | Now this decision 's been off and on . |
| 6 | Well this recommendation 's been moved , seconded ? |
| 7 | ‘ This boy 's been in the wars . |
| 8 | You see , some girl 's been out for a drink , or to a disco , met a fella , the fella invites her back , she goes , and things go a bit further than she intended . |
| 9 | And this girl 's been married |
| 10 | We then move over to the er jus , what is called site two and , on that we 'll be doing another twenty one houses for rent to your your nominees with a further two units for special needs and the balance of the site can be made er available for shared ownership , which is another thirteen properties and the timetable for that is set to follow on after this site 's been completed so that 's why the phase has been er , changed to nineteen ninety five in your reports . |
| 11 | Apparently this person 's been going out all hours of the day and night . ’ |
| 12 | This woman 's been coming from Holland every year for the last fourteen years |
| 13 | this week 's been , the worst possible week it could have been |
| 14 | Is that what all this refurbishment 's been about ? |
| 15 | My mother disapproved of him because she was his contemporary , and she thought , ‘ This man 's been married three times , why would n't he love a beautiful nineteen year-old girl ? ’ |
| 16 | This fellow 's been wrangling with Zacco . |
| 17 | ‘ Nay , there 's no knowing how long this lot 's been coming down , nor how deep it is up yonder , ’ protested George . |
| 18 | ‘ By the look of what 's on the meter some sucker 's been driving around at ground level . |
| 19 | Every time this matter 's been before either committee or council there has been a majority in favour of the merger principles . |
| 20 | Now really but erm this year 's been so peculiar that |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ That question 's been going round in my head ever since I woke up in that alley . ’ |
| 24 | But why I am pleased that this has been , that the amendment has been accepted is because of the words and that projection 's been made of the eventual revenue requirements to enable proper future provision to be budgeted for . |
| 25 | Oh , if that girl 's been chucked out of her house , she 's been there then all the week then ? |
| 26 | Er , I 've been fortunate enough to share in some of that work with you and I know how much work 's been involved . |
| 27 | I mean well if I remember in Harlow er , we we i i in in nineteen seventy eight we had twenty thousand er , social er , council housing and about nine thousand owner occupiers the situation , that ratio 's been reversed where we , where i by the end of the century we practically have about three thousand social social housing and about twenty two thousand er er , owner occupiers ! |
| 28 | ‘ Well , I wo n't insult your intelligence by suggesting a terrorist : that notion 's been laid to rest . |
| 29 | ‘ It sounds like a cop out to say the songs are better because more money 's been spent on it , ’ continues Mike . |
| 30 | ‘ It sounds like a cop out to say the songs are better because more money 's been spent on it , ’ continues Mike . |