Example sentences of "'s [been] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 For the last 40 years the firm 's been using the shaft to dump waste oil , solvents and even raw sewage from its toilets .
2 He 's been called the boy they ca n't lock up .
3 This case provides the clearest indication of how the popular press may trade in deciding the appropriate nickname for a new case when the Star decided to focus special attention on this rape of a 6-year-old ‘ He 's been called The Beast , The Monster , the evil sex maniac … .
4 A hotel that 's been flying the Union flag for more than sixty years has been told to get planning permission , or take it down .
5 Meanwhile , its name Adriana Stadecker , who 's been managing the company 's redesign and restructuring , vice president , executive operations reporting to president Bob Palmer .
6 Today it 's been revealed the board were warned in March last year about the state of their finances by officials from West Oxfordshire District council .
7 ‘ Somebody 's been a-doing the saddle up on my horses and I can not get these horses away .
8 Maybe O Leary 's been getting the coaching right in that department , or maybe a bit of luck away has steadied their nerve , perhaps a bit of both .
9 he 's been getting the buying signals right , you can close them on alternative choice , right , which do you prefer ?
10 My firm 's been seeking the backing of the Prince 's financial group , ’ he said , nodding towards the far side of the room , ‘ and — ’
11 Unless she 's been fiddling the books — and my accountant does n't think so — the profits your Miss Philimore has been turning in seem on the low side for a site like that .
12 He 's been feeding the birds for twenty years , and he still finds it exciting .
13 He 's been appointed the zoo vet . ’
14 I wonder what he 's been teaching the boys … ’
15 We know who 's been supplying the drugs to them .
16 She 's been counting the days to the end of the course in the hope that it 'll be a case of out of sight , out of mind .
17 Now it 's been confirmed the prison will still be taking inmates at least until 1994 .
18 He 's been given the award for his role in ending the Cold War , freeing the Eastern Block and resolving regional conflicts .
19 I 'm a little bit surprised Stone has n't tried to get a bit closer to him although I think he 's been given the job of tracking Agnew who 's more of an attacking midfield player .
20 Gooch the general who 's been switching the field around as to suit each batsman .
21 Health Minister , Tom Sackville 's been inspecting the Ambulance Training Headquarters in Oxfordshire , as an example to follow .
22 A debt counsellor who 's been helping the family says the lender has shown no compassion .
23 Eh and perhaps were one of the major funders in the past I say General Portfolio until recently were the major funders er in the in the ninety ninety one but there 's been no company that 's been funding the theatre on a regular basis .
24 He 's been telling the girls that their costumes for the video will be added by using computer graphics .
25 Yeah , buy it in innocence and if it 's been robbed the police confiscate off you you get a piece of paper saying that they 've got it , and that 's it you 've you 've got nothing !
26 He 's been casting the Devil out .
27 " And the car-wash 's been riding the car , " Graham sniggered .
28 ‘ She 's been roaming the streets , worrying the life out of her father and mother . ’
29 ‘ Twice she 's been roaming the garden .
30 What he was particularly interested in is he 's been taught the Yamaha method in fact
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