Example sentences of "'s [been] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm afraid there 's been a bit of bother , Mrs Mitchell , ’ he said . |
| 2 | She 's been a bit funny these last couple of days , like summat 's bothering her or summat . |
| 3 | CS : ‘ And I suppose you think there 's been a bit too much soul . |
| 4 | Like I say , he 's been a bit unlucky . |
| 5 | It 's been a bit of a pity , really , that rugby has taken over so much that I have n't been able to continue playing football . |
| 6 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a brain drain from Britain and relatively little real commercial activity there . |
| 7 | If it 's anything like the majority of the population it 's been a bit hairy . |
| 8 | ‘ I say Charlie , a little bird told me that Joe there 's been a bit crafty . |
| 9 | Actually , Cliff , our computer simulation suggests that , in the unlikely event of your making a nude video , Britain would sigh , ‘ Oh dear , the poor old boy 's been a bit of a git . ’ |
| 10 | He 's been a bit disappointing and they made the difference . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Look here , there 's been a bit of an accident . |
| 12 | I mean I know there 's been a lot of debate and I know that er you may feel it 's been a bit of a waste of time |
| 13 | She 's been a bit snuffly … |
| 14 | Fish Sparks , who 's been a bit down in the mouth since we rumbled his story , thought it was terrifically funny to start calling the Indians things like Sitting Bull and Tonto , but of course they did n't understand and anyway the rest of us sort of froze him out . |
| 15 | ‘ I think Dieter 's been a bit naughty , ’ Husband puffed , ‘ but it was a direct follow-up to an incident abroad , so you might say it came under the doctrine of ‘ hot pursuit ’ . ’ |
| 16 | It 's been a bit of a nightmare . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Sorry about this , it 's been a bit of a lousy day . |
| 18 | There 's been a bit of a fight down below . ’ |
| 19 | Marjorie said , ‘ She 's been a bit cross all morning . |
| 20 | Then she said something like , ‘ The poor sap 's been a bit of a pain since . |
| 21 | It 's been a bit Well it 's it 's been been a bit difficult to test because with the sort of ready the read-me files . |
| 22 | Bearing in mind that Mr Steel probably on his own admission has said he 's been a bit late out of the starting blocks in order to make his bid for a review of the allocations , er I mean how do you feel in response to that ? |
| 23 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 24 | ‘ There 's been a bit of a crisis over the weekend — some vital supplies have been held up — and , apparently , my presence is urgently required . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But he 's been a bit grumpy about the reappearance of Ross in my life , and the fact that I 'm having to live with my mother-in-law . ’ |
| 26 | I mean , I know , but Colin ai n't been down much this week , because Colin 's been working , he 's been working every day and that , you know what I mean , it 's been a bit hard for us to get down but we tried . |
| 27 | He said , I 'll get onto them and I 'll tell him he has to come and clean your windows he 's been a bit busy . |
| 28 | She 'd got thing in her in her er yeah what 's what it is up she damaged it ooh some years ago and it 's been a bit weak since like , you know but sh it was only a few weeks ago we got some computer big computer , with big discs and she twisted her hand in in pulling one out , you know it 's I do n't how , the fell or something and she went to cash it or whatever and of course we 're riding the motorbike for the like you have to change gear it 's only a small seater , your bike 's open |
| 29 | It 's been a bit of hectic day , but |
| 30 | Andrew-wa He 's been a bit er green has n't he , I think . |