Example sentences of "'s be [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | She 's been jumping about and going all larming And I do n't know why no reason . |
2 | Now , from what I know of him he can get a good sound out of anything , but the amps he 's been using recently ( until he had them nicked from his car ) were Marshall Valvestate 80s . |
3 | He 's come here with a fixed idea , which he 's been looking forward to for half his life . |
4 | School is something Sophie 's been looking forward to for ages , and it 's not long before she 's settled in . |
5 | Yes , I 'm sure he 's a very very happy man tonight , he 's been looking forward to this game tremendously for the last couple of weeks . |
6 | He 's been looking elsewhere for years . ’ |
7 | This man has got hold of her , and the family 's been looking everywhere . |
8 | But if you just looked at the work he 's been churning out lately , without knowing anything about his business activities , you 'd wonder what had happened to him . |
9 | And from what she 's been prattling on about she 's had a number of uncles . ’ |
10 | She 's been flying round ! |
11 | ‘ I would if I could — but he 's been flying back and forth to Australia like a damned Yo-Yo ! |
12 | ‘ Do n't think I do n't know what 's been goin' on . ’ |
13 | There 's a racket goin' on , Aggie ; but you know as well as me it 's been goin' on for years . |
14 | He 's been getting steadily worse for years . |
15 | I looked at his ball lying there and I thought , ‘ Well , I know he 's been getting up and down from bunkers all week , that 's one of his great strengths , but he 's going to have to work hard here . ’ |
16 | It 's been getting too frightening . |
17 | ‘ Over the last ten years it 's been getting much worse . |
18 | She 's been getting quite a lot of in our jokes over a couple ha ! |
19 | I mean everyone knows she fancies him , but like , she 's been getting really flirty ! |
20 | Er but that 's been taking about six years now |
21 | Anyway Lisa 's been flirting badly with Ricky for ages ! |
22 | ‘ Resistance probably undermined by this hot climate you tell me he 's been living in . |
23 | I mean she 's been living off what seventy three odd quid has she ? |
24 | ‘ It 's been buzzing along quite well lately but the murder — the real murder , that is — has thrown me rather badly . |
25 | Lynn says … she could n't have wished for a bigger meeting in which to make her first run for Britain … she 's been training hard since the end of the track season and is in good form |
26 | Bruno 's been training hard for this fight in Leicester . |
27 | ‘ It 's been building up to this . |
28 | The pressure — it 's been building up like a head of steam … ’ |
29 | ‘ It was heat-of-the-moment stuff but it 's been building up over a little while . |
30 | As for Dieter Sims , I do n't know much about him except that he 's been building up the East German unit under Husband 's wing . |