Example sentences of "[indef pn] 's [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The children come home with news — someone 's been sick , and so on — that you probably would n't hear about otherwise . |
| 2 | OOH-ER , looks like someone 's been trying a spot of stunt driving that led to a Mini being made even mini-er against a thick brick wall . |
| 3 | Someone 's been at this — probably the lickspittle English rock press . |
| 4 | ‘ Someone 's been up 'ere , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Sixty foot drops are not really much to write home about when someone 's been caving as long as he has . |
| 6 | ‘ Someone 's been splashing out at Woolworths , ’ said O'Hara , tapping with his hook at the pearls . |
| 7 | Someone 's been attacked ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Someone 's been hard at work , I see . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ If I 'm crying because someone 's been nasty to me , he 'll want to rush away and knock their block off ’ , said one woman , ‘ for anything else he 'll just sit there and look miserable and uncomfortable until I feel I 'm supposed to comfort him ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone 's been murdered again , ’ a voice shouted hysterically . |
| 11 | ‘ Someone 's been seen prowling round the house . |
| 12 | ‘ Someone 's been telling tales again . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Someone 's been — been in my room . |
| 14 | ‘ Someone 's been playing jokes , ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Someone 's been telling tales … |
| 16 | Especially if someone 's been killed . |
| 17 | He stiffened when he saw them and Devlin said cheerfully , ‘ Very pretty , son , but it looks to me as if someone 's been spoiling your good looks . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He 's telling us someone 's been here before us . |
| 19 | What you 're finding is , depends normally on length of service with a company , er , but the longer someone 's been there , I think th the best I 've heard , and that 's what I used to get , was sort of six months full salary , six months half salary , after that it was at company discretion . |
| 20 | Obviously someone 's been killed , but I do n't know any more than that . |
| 21 | They looked like they acted quite properly erm and er unfortunately someone 's been shot dead . |
| 22 | It could n't said Gwendoline pretending to examine it very closely , those strings have been cut Mary Lou someone 's been playing a trick on you , what a shame . |
| 23 | Someone 's been right through that wall there , look . |
| 24 | I 'm just wondering why , cos someone 's been dealing with that |
| 25 | Someone 's been knocked down . |
| 26 | Somebody 's been over it with a duster . |
| 27 | ‘ Are you all right ? ’ they asked , like people do when somebody 's been knocked down by a bus and lying stretched out in the road . |
| 28 | Somebody 's been blown off the lighting rig — it 's OK , it 's only Richard Jobson 's brother — and the road crew are running around trying to get all the remaining equipment covered . |
| 29 | as a form tutor , somebody 's been on a a a residential weekend |
| 30 | The first thing Toby said to me when I got in was , " Somebody 's been here to see you . " |