Example sentences of "[noun] 's [been] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TOP MARKS : Whatever financial advice Johnny 's been giving Fergie has obviously paid off as the Duchess shows that she 's well and truly on top of the subject |
| 2 | Do you mean that old Hector 's been poaching salmon again ? |
| 3 | David 's been collecting cones for more than thirty years and since then he 's accumulated some real beauties . |
| 4 | De Niro 's been raising cash for his next serious project . |
| 5 | But as soon as the n the kid Nicky hits teenage years then he wants to be called Nick , whereas if the girl 's been christened Nicola and she 's called Nicky through her childhood , when she hits teens she 's still called Nicky . |
| 6 | Elizabeth was crying because Angharad 's been destroying things in the house . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Leon 's been touring England for the past ten days , Delia . |
| 8 | ‘ Fred 's been to take Dad out for a drink , ’ they explained . |
| 9 | A court 's been hearing claims that a bailiff trying to recover unpaid motoring fines broke the driver 's arm when he went to his house . |
| 10 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 11 | Erm I 've got a note , or I had a note to write to the admin at the university and I have done , erm saying that Derek 's been approaching people , apologising for not writing beforehand and saying that Derek 's been approaching people and if they 've got a problem they should write back P D Q. |
| 12 | you do it after six days when the baby 's been taking milk , you may well find something wrong . |
| 13 | Steve 's been playing golf for 18 months now . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't tell me your man 's been taking pot shots at a Rembrandt . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ My first thought was , ‘ Oh my God , Carly 's been eating apples and drinking their juice almost all her life — ten years . |
| 16 | And , obscurely , ‘ Caroline 's been playing games again . |
| 17 | Leofwine 's been made Bishop of Lichfield . |
| 18 | Alfgar 's cousin Leofric 's been given Coventry now as well as Peterborough . |
| 19 | ‘ Tim 's been doing woodwork . |
| 20 | ‘ Only that Humber 's been raising Cain all day about having to carry D.I.L.s in Marcus proper and Marcus Small Ward , and how , though she 's willing , she ca n't be in two places at once . ’ |
| 21 | The factory 's been producing leather goods for more than seventy years at the same site . |
| 22 | Bridget O'Brien 's been fighting attempts by Barclay 's Bank to repossess her home for five years and her legal victory was welcomed by others with similar problems . |
| 23 | However , the two of them stayed up late last night , drinking my best booze , and this morning Em 's been slamming doors quite a bit , and giving me dirty looks . |
| 24 | Charlotte 's been playing hangers . |
| 25 | Bryan Burnett 's been getting chatty with that showbiz legend Cilla Black . |