Example sentences of "'s [adv] [been] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's since been a cafe , a grill and a bric-a-brac shop , with plans now to turn it into a museum and heritage centre ; something Browne Willis would doubtless have approved of . |
| 2 | ‘ Since then it 's mostly been a case of building up our database . |
| 3 | It 's long been a custom to knock farmers and the high subsidies that many of them receive . |
| 4 | There certainly were n't any racial taunts , so there 's obviously been a misunderstanding there . ’ |
| 5 | There 's obviously been a misunderstanding there , a lack of communication or whatever , but whereas some departments have got to grips with the issue , unfortunately police wor finance working party just stuck to the traditional way , rather reminiscent of Mr 's old budget working party days , which does n't get to grips with the real needs and the real costs . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's obviously been a mistake somewhere , ’ Dr. Ray was saying . |
| 7 | It 's just been such , it 's obviously been a thing that affected the whole community |
| 8 | ‘ Well , perhaps you can ring him after we 've gone and explain that it 's all been a mistake ? |
| 9 | It 's all been a bit too easy on the ear and eye . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's all been a bit bloody , I gather . ’ |
| 11 | In fact , it 's all been a bit of a downhill coast ever since ! ’ |
| 12 | It 's all been a bit of fun , bit of a laugh really . |
| 13 | Thank you for the dinner , but I 'm afraid it 's all been a waste of time . |
| 14 | ‘ That 's quick , Mrs Goodbody , ’ said Annie , ‘ it 's only been a couple of days . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's only been a couple of days , ’ said Joe . |
| 16 | And in the same you know , I mean er two or three years so there 's not gon na be much , and it 's only been a couple that are gon na |
| 17 | it 's only been a university now for about sort of ten year well not even that , five or ten years I think . |
| 18 | It 's only been a week since I was here , and she was in perfectly good health then . ’ |
| 19 | I have seen Colonel Steiner 's medical record and note that it 's only been a matter of weeks since he was gravely wounded . |
| 20 | In fact there 's already been a conference at London 's Institute of Contemporary Art which pondered whether perversity , S&M and fetishism are ‘ politically radical ’ . |
| 21 | It 's just been a bit of a surge once a month . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's a pity it 's just been a year . |
| 23 | There 's just been a change in today 's programme . |
| 24 | It 's just been a matter of time . |
| 25 | Our experience generally in North Yorkshire 's been over the last ten years that overall , there have been exceptions , but generally overall , there 's not been a problem about local plans drying up and then allocations drying up over the period , generally . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's not been a failure of the organic principle , it 's been a failure of people , ’ says Melville unhappily . |
| 27 | They think I 'm a dead duck but it 's not been a time you could write off . |
| 28 | In 1980 , for instance , he claimed , ‘ There 's not been a president in modern history , including Franklin Delano Roosevelt and including Lyndon Baines Johnson , who has a better record of support from the Democratic Congress than has Jimmy Carter . ’ |
| 29 | Jason 's always been a winner and |
| 30 | He 's always been a bit on his dignity , I suppose , but that 's the way he is . |