Example sentences of "[pers pn] 's [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's been the lav that 'll be doing for now . |
| 2 | It 's been the cradle and help of many actors , directors and playwrights . |
| 3 | For 371 years , it 's been the University 's teaching garden , providing plants for students to research . |
| 4 | Swindon may not be the centre of the galaxy , but it 's been the satellite centre for women 's tennis this week . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's been the experience of my chums that offspring break up marriages . |
| 6 | It 's just that while we 've been together it 's been the activity you 've indulged in most . |
| 7 | a point at the moment , with the life of the county , I think that we should great potential and great opportunity available to us , and I do hope that all members will er , and I 've written to all our members of parliament with a copy of my letter , er , I had I 've had er , I know it 's been the Christmas period , and that they 're only just getting back into things , and there 's been a lot of diversions at length , and I do have a letter from , er I heard from er , Edward , er , Mr Edward Lee , and and , I still have to hear it from er , the rest of them . |
| 8 | It 's been the fear of me life , because she 's so wayward . |
| 9 | On this point , the head considers the project-inspired developments to have " taken off " at a pace which he had never envisaged : I think it 's been the instigator for a lot of cross-curriculum things which I did n't really anticipate ; I thought it might have been instigator for the sort of subject-based problems that would either stimulate something in the subject or the subject could actually move to the library and it 's obviously worked faster on the cross-curriculum aspect . |
| 10 | Dick is my next youngest brother , he 's been the village doctor round her for twenty years and a keen collector of antiques since he was married . |
| 11 | I 've met him three or four times when he 's been the compere of things that I 've had some three-minute act on , and we 've seemed to get on together , but he 's not really what I go for . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes — he 's been the boss for three years . |
| 13 | He 's been the club 's professional for 26 years and an amateur member before that so he knows a thing or two about the old place . |
| 14 | In 5 years , he 's been the victim of 31 offences . |
| 15 | He 's been the manager for 18 months , and in that time has bought their first £1m player , followed it with other seven-figure signings , and taken the club into Europe . |
| 16 | It would also be a major knock-back for the scum because , without a doubt , he 's been the difference for them scoring vital goals and setting up others . |