Example sentences of "[pron] 's been [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Someone 's been right through that wall there , look .
2 I bet nobody 's been there at all .
3 She 's been up since six and he is up
4 ‘ I daresay she 's been up since three , being horsey . ’ )
5 Nobody 's gon na tell if she 's been here since five .
6 She 's been out with enough lads to know he 's the right one for her , ’ Maureen said .
7 Myra Hindley has been in prison for my whole life : I 'm twenty-two now and she 's been in for twenty-two years .
8 ‘ Ought n't you to be fetching Lisa — she 's been there since 3 and if they 're having a party tonight they 'd probably like to get her off their hands . ’
9 Irvine , California-based Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
10 Pick Systems in its umpteenth resurgence has rehired two of its old lieutenants : Richard Lauer , who 's been off for six years at Sequoia Computer Systems Inc , returns as vice president , sales and Tim Holland , credited with many of Pick 's technical developments , returns from stints at Sequoia and Concurrent Computer Corp to be senior vice president , technology .
11 A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’
12 Pulling off the sticky brambles that clung to their jeans , Carrie 's children said , ‘ No one 's been here for hundreds of years … ’
13 It seems as if there 's been more in recent months .
14 ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir .
15 It 's been here since 1925 , but in September it 'll close .
16 Although it 's been around since 1985 you could hardly describe it as one of the top-selling DOS word processors .
17 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
18 ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’
19 it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out
20 " It 's been more like six "
21 Well if th if there 's somebody whose listening in the Derby area who can help us with a street lamp that 's out and it 's rather important that it get put on , and it 's been out for six weeks now
22 Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock .
23 Even though he 's been up since six at his job in the City and is absolutely starving , the Hooray must wait until 10.30pm and then ‘ gair-airt-dinner ’ or ‘ gair-fair-n-Indi ’ .
24 The strain he 's been under with one thing and another .
25 He 's been back for two days . ’
26 He 's been out for some time .
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