Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [been] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been away for the last week or so |
| 2 | Aye , cos about six month ago there was a job come up in our office for like a trainee assistant manager type , well an assistant to an assistant manager kind of thing so I applied for it and another woman in the office applied for it cos she 's been here for like sixteen years or whatever . |
| 3 | ‘ … she 's been here for the best part of a week and you 're no further forward . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , she 's been here since the beginning of the year — she came over to start a new life after she 'd had problems back home . |
| 5 | Nobody 's gon na tell if she 's been here since five . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 7 | She 's been there for months — it 's a long-term project … |
| 8 | She 's been there for — oh , it must be twenty years . |
| 9 | She 's been there for the last month . |
| 10 | ‘ I would think it 's been here for several days , sir . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been here for too long . ’ |
| 12 | It 's been here since the late 19th century . |
| 13 | It 's been here since 1925 , but in September it 'll close . |
| 14 | ‘ All the power we could ever have wanted , and it 's been right under my nose for years . ’ |
| 15 | You can tell she 's in a good mood from the number of bitchy remarks : from Glenys Kinnock 's dress sense ( ‘ Silly girl to be wearing Yves Saint Laurent ’ ) to the election campaign ( ‘ It 's been just like an American election : no ideas ’ ) to John Major 's now certain victory ( ‘ It 's conserved everything we 've stood for ’ — we , doubtless , in the sense of I ) . |
| 16 | I can keep it , it 's been there since |
| 17 | As Carolyn Bartholomew , who has been instrumental in convincing Diana to seek medical help , observes : ‘ It 's been there through her royal career , without a doubt . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’ |
| 19 | Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while . |
| 20 | Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't . |
| 21 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 22 | It 's been there for ages and ages and ages . |
| 23 | We broke that , or that was broke er , but we 'll blame the carrier now and look at it , then our security guy goes out and they know it 's been sitting around someone 's you know , it 's been there for months ! |
| 24 | Well it 's been there for the past two weeks but now he 's gone to l get a house . |
| 25 | ‘ If I look at my last two years in football it 's been virtually to the last kick of the game in the last two seasons , so it will be the same again . |
| 26 | the times I 've been done down in my life it 's been mainly by the white people ! |
| 27 | it 's been inside for two hours and ca n't get out |
| 28 | Maggie 's never told Jo how bad it 's been recently with Ted . |
| 29 | I 've always been a d-i-y enthusiast , but it 's been more through lack of funds than genuine enthusiasm — not exactly a good basis for totally renovating a derelict house . |
| 30 | Forget the last six months , admit it 's been more like a year , remove yourself from the desperate turns on the rack of rejection … at least you know how to love . |