Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] 's been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Television came in the wake of other consumer durables : a vacuum cleaner and a boiler for the washing — once used to cook a lobster my father has brought back from the Highlands where he 's been on a spell of painting stations that will be closed by the Beeching plan a decade later . |
| 2 | Or are you simply afraid to show openly what you can do where he 's been before you ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She thinks she 's a radical 'cause she 's been to West Belfast once and scribbled Bernadette Devlin 's name in pencil on the Falls Wall ! ’ |
| 4 | Strictly speaking , you can make beautiful love to your wife for five months and three weeks after finding out that she 's been with someone else , and then turn round and say ‘ I find it intolerable to stay with you ’ . |
| 5 | Now as was saying earlier on , that she 's been with flowers all her life , well I have n't . |
| 6 | Harriet says it 's unusual for chess to make the front pages of the papers , in spite of the fact that she 's been on the front page of The Times . |
| 7 | Frances has been fostering animals at Freshfield Animal Rescue Centre near her home even longer than she 's been at Ashworth . |
| 8 | I mean obviously once she 's been through the learning process herself , so Doug came away feeling quite pleased that he 'd made that contact and he also sort of made one or two , he , he had one or two wise observations I think about the evening , he made one or two new contacts himself and the suggestion and things , he spoke very well about it , at our committee on our last meeting last week |
| 9 | I mean the new areas of course for us er and I still count the medical practices as a new area although it 's been for four years |
| 10 | I 've only noticed it five years , it looks filthy , although it 's been in the car wash . |
| 11 | and the money for your daughter in the future so do you feel that it 's been of some benefit to you today to have had this discussion ? |
| 12 | Greg Downs says the club is in a better position than it 's been for eight or nine years and if they can play as well as last year they 've got a good chance |
| 13 | Another with a point to make is their captain and scrum-half Paul John , a greatly improved player who will at least let Rupert Moon , also an outstanding player , know that he 's been in a battle . |
| 14 | I 'm not calling the Labour party , I 'm calling the man , that he 's been in too long ! |
| 15 | Today , closer to Clapton ( geographically ) than he 's been in a long while , Anthony Newley is relishing the chance to prove he 's still up to a tough dramatic performance eight shows a week and , to follow , he has plans for a musicalised Richard III . |
| 16 | then one day she rang and asked to come over — and we went to collect her and she 's been with us ever since . |
| 17 | ‘ And she 's been to the best , ’ Antonio chipped in . |
| 18 | Peggy has been a member of the union for twenty three years been a shop steward for eleven years the last nine at K P Foods and also branch quality officer , been a branch committee member and a member of the Midland and East Coast regional council member of the regional Labour women 's conference and she 's been to G M B congress , congress on a number of occasions . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah , and she 's been in a few times since . |
| 20 | " She was taken ill yesterday , " Mrs. Butler said , " and she 's been in her room ever since . |
| 21 | If she 's been under stress . |
| 22 | Did , do you know , do you know if she 's been with someone ? |
| 23 | She has to ask if she 's been to ? |
| 24 | He 's a gem , always full of good humour , and he 's been on a few times , now , but this particular moment was when I noticed in the studio lights a glint of trouser zip . |
| 25 | And he 's been under somebody or other at Charing Cross Hospital I , who has a rather different approach to the whole thing , many other people 's involve rest and doing nothing and so on and so forth . |
| 26 | There are 80 organic wines on his list ( ‘ no chemicals so less chance of a hangover ’ ) and he 's been to loads of vineyards to make sure production is as natural as possible without actually treading the grapes . |
| 27 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 28 | And he 's been to the doctors , he goes to doctor |
| 29 | Champagne for breakfast , and he 's been at it ever since . |
| 30 | Michael had a nice fiddle going , and he 's been at it for over a year now . |