Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [been] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She puts her intellect to work on why she 's been such a pain for the last 50 years , and ends up a little less smug and a lot less married . |
| 2 | Go on , ask her where she 's been all afternoon , dressed up like a tart and missing for bloody hours . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , she 's been that in her time too . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think , probably she has n't really thought it , she 's , she 's been more concerned with her own self but she 's . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't suppose it 's been much help . ’ |
| 6 | Firstly I do n't think there 's a substantial disagreement between Yeltsin and the so called hard liners , except over the question of timing so as to win the market and someone 's introduced them to the Soviet Union , and secondly I do n't think you can treat Boris Yeltsin as some kind of democrat at all , on August the twelfth he threatened to rule Russia by decree just at the definitely senators and the Russian nationalism and he built some sort of support and I , I think it 's very wrong to characterise the events there with the revolution , more it 's been , it 's been much more of a power struggle between different sections of the you know , the elite there along the lines of the events in Romania . |
| 7 | Unacknowledged , it 's been that way for several years , as we have regularly tried to point out here as others wrongly gave the crown to Digital Equipment Corp , but both the Wall Street Journal and Datamation magazine have at last come round to agreeing that Fujitsu Ltd is the world 's second-largest computer company — with NEC Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co both now challenging DEC for the third place . |
| 8 | It 's been that way ever since I can remember . |
| 9 | For as long as I can remember it 's been that way . ’ |
| 10 | Jenny gave me a house-warming present of a radio so I 've been able to listen to music while I write — and it 's been such fun ! |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been such a comfort talking to you , Alison . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's been such a shock . |
| 13 | My mother 's always dying , it 's been such a help over the years , and poor Papa frequently demands a change of geriatric vista . |
| 14 | It 's been such a long time . |
| 15 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
| 16 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether I ever meant to call on Ben or not — it 's been such a long time — but I was interested to see the boat . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
| 19 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
| 20 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
| 21 | But before doing that er , you may reasonably ask what action we 've taken er , during this year when it 's been such a difficult year . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , it 's been such a relief to hear that Liz and Owen are still making good progress . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's been such a pleasure meeting you and do n't forget what I said about the spring . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's been such a burden , all these years . |
| 25 | Looking up at him , ‘ It 's been such a marvellous day , ’ she replied , openly , honestly , — but suddenly , as his glance pinned hers , she felt unable to look away . |
| 26 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 27 | Dr Marshall says it 's been such a success he 'd like to see his research go up in flames again |
| 28 | Phenomenal because it 's been such a difficult year , and this is erm a prize that 's given to the gentleman or lady that accrues the most points in the whole of the amateur section . |
| 29 | It 's been all trouble since you stopped . ’ |
| 30 | It 's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters . |