Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Listen , Bill — the boy 's been training for a few weeks , and it 's time he did some work . |
| 2 | It 's not just that Mr Parnham knows the count , it 's an idea the old boy 's been floating for a while , so he tells me . |
| 3 | Well , the sun 's been shining for the opening day of the Henley Royal Regatta . |
| 4 | A young Bannockburn girl 's been scarred for life in a tragic playpark accident . |
| 5 | Your wife 's been asking for you — ’ |
| 6 | His lordship 's been calling for you . ’ |
| 7 | Your flat 's been bugged for the past two months . ’ |
| 8 | Rainbow 's been waiting for an opportunity to nudge the conversation round to Stamford Hill . |
| 9 | The Lockerbie enquiry 's been suspended for two days after a solicitor representing families of American victims , died in a car crash . |
| 10 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 11 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for a total of four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 12 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 13 | you know , the V A T man wants his money , I mean the V A T man 's been paid for all these invoices |
| 14 | ROB BEATTIE PICKS UP HIS PEN TO FIND OUT IF THIS SPLIT PERSONALITY MACHINE REALLY IS WHAT THE WORLD 'S BEEN WAITING FOR . |
| 15 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
| 16 | AT LAST it 's here — the God-forsaken rumble the world 's been waiting for ever since it became clear just how deadly a live phenomenon the Rolins Band are . |
| 17 | Gator 's been riding for Vision practically since the birth of the wheel , and thus his models have always been a Vision favourite . |
| 18 | The school 's been lobbying for new buildings for several years . |
| 19 | Then he said , ‘ The decision 's been made for you . ’ |
| 20 | A fresh appeal 's been made for witnesses to the murder of teenager who was stabbed to death at a social services office . |
| 21 | Questions range from the extreme — ‘ My client 's been arrested for murder ’ — to the mundane — ‘ I have just received a mailshot from another firm which is quite appalling . ’ |