Example sentences of "'s [been] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I think there are various strategies that you can adopt with children , I think the first and most obvious is work through the educational system , through schools and there 's been many excellent school 's programmes developed ! |
2 | I have , and I you know , there 's been many a day I 've thought cor I 'm really glad I 'm in , I 'm really glad that I did n't give , giving up day and there 's been days when I thought christ how the hell did you get through that day |
3 | But a great deal of research and money needs to be invested when a new product and a completely new chemical comes on the market , and there 's been many examples in the past of things being released . |
4 | Yes there 's been many cases where lesbian and gay couples have left a gay bar , have given each other a goodnight kiss at a bus stop or at a tube station or in the street and they 've been arrested under public decency laws and dragged through the courts and fined up to £200 . |
5 | He 's been all sweetness and light , promised nothing and done ditto . ’ |
6 | Go on , ask her where she 's been all afternoon , dressed up like a tart and missing for bloody hours . |
7 | I do n't I mean I know I I 'm very busy , I 've got stuff that I should have done , months and months ago , that I have n't got round to doing yet , cos there 's been all sort of interruptions . |
8 | There 's been all sorts of problems with regard to paying cleaner 's wages , because I become her employer , |
9 | It 's been all trouble since you stopped . ’ |
10 | A dead small dog that 's been all dressed up and everything . |
11 | It 's been all hands to the deck at this tyre fitters . |
12 | well after he 's been all this while . |
13 | Well , it 's been all the members are good , sort of thing , it 's a job to pick out one , but |
14 | 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 ! |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ It 's been such a comfort talking to you , Alison . |
17 | ‘ It 's been such a shock . |
18 | Since then there 's been such winners as ‘ B-A-B-Y ’ ( Carla Thomas , 1966 and Rachel Sweet , 1978 ) , ‘ Baby , Baby ’ ( Eighth Wonder , 1988 ) and ‘ Baby ’ ( Halo James , 1990 ) , the Mechanical Copyright people announcing a year ago that their database , at that point , contained 81 songs called ‘ Baby , Baby ’ , 22 titled ‘ Baby , Baby , Baby ’ and even one called ‘ Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby , Baby ’ ! |
19 | My mother 's always dying , it 's been such a help over the years , and poor Papa frequently demands a change of geriatric vista . |
20 | It 's been such a long time . |
21 | I 'm sorry it 's been such a long journey , but I could n't find a quicker route . |
22 | And it 's been such a relief to be able to speak about it openly for the first time . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | ‘ It 's been such a long time , and I want you so much that I could easily make a mess of this , ’ he confessed . |
25 | ‘ It 's been such a long time since you 've seen him . |
26 | It 's been such a long time , too long … ’ |
27 | 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 . |
28 | So the current position is that there 's been substantial progress er in Greater York , and I think its testimony to the willingness of the Greater York authorities to work together there that there 's been such a level of agreement I think probably er never before achieved in the Greater York area as to the direction that Greater York erm er should take . |
29 | ‘ Yes , it 's been such a relief to hear that Liz and Owen are still making good progress . |
30 | ‘ It 's been such a pleasure meeting you and do n't forget what I said about the spring . ’ |