Example sentences of "[pron] 's [been] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody 's been very busy |
| 2 | Nobody 's been so insistent yet you know . |
| 3 | She 's been away all week |
| 4 | So what just i , well my eldest daughter away and she 's been away this month twenty six years . |
| 5 | ‘ No , she 's been here all night . |
| 6 | She 's been dead four years . |
| 7 | She 's been quite late lately . |
| 8 | She 's been quite lucky . |
| 9 | She 's been quite ill . |
| 10 | She 's been quite ill . |
| 11 | Part of the reason she 's been relatively unknown there is that she was not a public figure . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's been so good , ’ her mistress said . |
| 13 | But she 's sure to have some ideas about my future , and — and , well , she 's been so marvellous all this time , running the house and looking after poor Daddy , that of course I must consider her now . |
| 14 | That 's one of the main reasons why she 's been so frightened . |
| 15 | ‘ She 's been so sheltered from men , you know . |
| 16 | She 's been very good . |
| 17 | I remember as clear as day , standing talking to Penny and I was calling their plumber , I 'll always remember that and er I was quite took back and Penny said ooh she 's been very good to me |
| 18 | She 's been very happy with the children but I 've wondered once or twice if they were n't rather a strain on her . ’ |
| 19 | Flustered , Luce added , ‘ She 's been very kind . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Since she started at the poly she 's been very difficult , ’ said Mrs Khalid . |
| 21 | She 's been very ill . |
| 22 | I expect she 's been too busy to answer , he thought , what with the war and everything . |
| 23 | Then five minutes afterwards she 's been as normal as anyone — I suppose it 's a disease . |
| 24 | Well they sort of said that what , hopefully , she 'll like be there for a couple of days and she 'll never think she 's been anywhere else , she 'll think she 's been there all the time . |
| 25 | Cos I say she 's been there thirty years so she must do alright , everybody knows |
| 26 | And someone who 's been just used to driving a car are they going to be able to drive the huge long bus with no extra |
| 27 | Whether it 's you or one of your kith and kin who 's been too clever for their own good you can bet your bottom dollar it 'll end in tears . |
| 28 | IT 'S NO CONTEST this week for the Punch column which salutes that famous person who 's been very silly indeed . |
| 29 | Now Blackburn pushing forward , sets away inside the penalty area but who 's been so convincing in the Shrewsbury goal tonight and made some important contributions , makes another one there , so alert , racing off the line to get there before could get a snip . |
| 30 | ‘ Show me someone who has n't done that and I 'll show you someone who 's been so sheltered they 're gon na be dull . ’ |