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 . ’
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