Example sentences of "'s be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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31 Ben 's been all over the world since then
32 Oh that 's been all over the fucking floor !
33 Schofield 's Europe , that 's his second tour , and he 's been all round the blinking Europe
34 He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days .
35 ‘ I 'm not saying they won because of that , but … people are used to it , it 's been there for 20 years . ’
36 Yeah , it 's been there for quite a while .
37 There 's a sign at the top of the road that 's been there for years , ever since they opened the new road , and it says ‘ Strome Ferry — no ferry ’ , and that just says it all .
38 She 's been there for months — it 's a long-term project …
39 Er although most people think it 's been there for a long time , it has n't .
40 Cos this is quite strong stuff I 'm gon na give you because that 's , once that 's been there for a week or two it 's hard to get it shifted .
41 Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time .
42 A Turk who 's been there for ten days and the club handyman . ’
43 She 's been there for — oh , it must be twenty years .
44 You know , I mean it it 's bloody outrageous that the police can dictate you know , something F A Cup 's been there for
45 She 's been there for the last month .
46 It 's been there for ages and ages and ages .
47 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 !
48 Well it 's been there for the past two weeks but now he 's gone to l get a house .
49 I bet nobody 's been there at all .
50 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 .
51 ‘ 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 . ’
52 I can keep it , it 's been there since
53 Mind you they have done a bit more to it since Wiggie 's been there in as much as she 's had a big curtain put across
54 The mill has been I do n't ken how long there 's been a mill on the site there but the mill as it stands at present 's been there from eighteen sixty .
55 He 's already known all the knocks and all the hardships , he 's been there before us .
56 That 's why the apostle could say , we do n't have a high priest , who 's not touched with the feelings of our infirmities , he 's been there before it , he was tempting in all points like as we are , yet he was without sin .
57 I think with regard to er I mean the , the general rule of things with regard to educational er issues and time off for them , erm they tend to be let's say reasonable er about it er but that 's been literally on educational issues .
58 Maggie 's never told Jo how bad it 's been recently with Ted .
59 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 .
60 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 .
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