Example sentences of "'s [been] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for the past year she 's faced the very real possibility of losing the Inn that 's been her life because Whitbreads decided to sell it off along with other pubs to meet the demands of the Monopolies Commission , which had demanded it must get rid of half its tied houses . |
| 2 | For my character that 's been her hook on life , she sees it as a way of competing with women who are brighter or have got more of a start in life . |
| 3 | Three months pregnant , yesterday Shelley Williams lost her baby , today she returned from hospital what 's been her home for the last two months , a tent pitched on a grass verge outside the home of her boyfriend 's parents . |
| 4 | So what 's been their secret ? |
| 5 | It 's been their justification for apartheid . |
| 6 | That 's been its name since 1880 , but it 's a bit of a mouthful , even when we doctors call it polio for short . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's been my guardian spirit for years and it 's interesting to be forced to suppress all my own creativity in order to copy him slavishly to the last detail . |
| 8 | I got it from him for $125 , and it 's been my mainstay flatpicking electric guitar ever since . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's been my life , y'know . |
| 10 | That 's been my life , more or less . |
| 11 | You have absolutely nothing at all to do with it , and I resent sometimes the implications that there is this kind of artificial competitiveness amongst actors , because it 's been my experience that it does n't exist . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's been my secretary for two years , is quiet and reserved and madly in love with the man she lives with . |
| 13 | ‘ I know we 've had some bad times recently and a lot of it 's been my fault . |
| 14 | I 've lived my life in a ghetto — Jewish people , Jewish friends , Jewish history , Jewish affairs , Jewish concerns , that 's been my world . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's been my pleasure , ’ Merrill said airily . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's been your patient since then ? ’ |
| 17 | Well , it 's been your century , you guys , I 'll give you that . |
| 18 | ‘ Over the past few years it 's been your petal frilly or your heart-shaped frilly . |
| 19 | Oh yes , I can see it now : right from the beginning , that 's been your aim ; but let me tell you , Henry is too well ensconced in that job and unless you would like to try and kill him , as my father did , you 'll stay put where you are . ’ |
| 20 | She 's been his nurse since he was born . ’ |
| 21 | And then when it 's been our turn to come , we broke down . |
| 22 | It 's been our experience that families , and particularly carers , go through great anguish , much pain and heartache associated with this process . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's been our pleasure , ’ Carole assured her earnestly . |
| 24 | ‘ He 's been our doctor since I was born . |
| 25 | ‘ He 's been our family lawyer for years . ’ |