Example sentences of "'s [been] [verb] his [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All the rumours are that Jerry 's been bringing his troops back from the east by the train-load . |
| 2 | ‘ Come in , Hari , sure Cleg will be that glad to see you , he 's been wearing his brother 's boots to work in and them pinching him like the devil . ’ |
| 3 | he 's been reading his horses . |
| 4 | ‘ Michael 's been reading his book of Things a Director 's Supposed to Say again , ’ a voice murmured somewhere above her ear , and Shannon turned with a grin to the tall blonde woman at her side . |
| 5 | cos he 's been devoting his life to his wife more |
| 6 | Victory may have been his Down Under if this Honda had n't cooked its clutch , but he 's been expecting his Michelins to have the upper hand in hot weather . |
| 7 | He 's been stuffing his face ever since we left London . |
| 8 | Yes , Mr Chairman , I , erm , I , I , I do appreciate that erm , I 've been invited through Committee er , to go through what I do represent er , the building project erm , on behalf of the economic development , because as you all know , I 'm of course on the economic development before , but er , in the past I 've found that that I have er been , shall we say , relieved of my positions on other er , position , erm , unknownst to myself , and of course I have er , actually turned up on these planning functions and been there , and to me in the past , I have always found that if one is going to be missed one must then , one 's either asked if he wishes to continue , if he 's been doing his job properly , if he does n't do his job properly then it 's only right to replace him . |
| 9 | Chief Superintendent John Goodenough has been Commander of B Division covering all of Oxfordshire for the last six years ; it 's been suggested his move signals the start of a major reorganization within the force , aimed at streamlining managerial duties . |
| 10 | He 's been running his shop for the past 30 years , selling everything from garters to saddles ! |
| 11 | He 's been working his time man . |
| 12 | Rush hour in Oxford and this taxi driver 's been told his exhaust pollution 's too high . |
| 13 | But I mean the chap was quite within his rights to shoot it cos it 's been scaring his sheep . |
| 14 | When he 's been putting his fingers in that birthday cake there 'll be trouble . |
| 15 | Your son-in-law has been sleeping with this girl at work for the best part of 11 years and presumably he 's been having his conjugals in the matrimonial bed , too . |
| 16 | I think he 's been washing his hair . |