Example sentences of "he 's be [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm sure that Rex Bellamy wo n't mind me saying that in tennis terms at least , he 's been around for quite a while . |
| 2 | WALLPAPER king George Carpenter knows this column covers everything : he 's been on about his latest water polo exploits . |
| 3 | ‘ If Devlin is as smart as I think he is , Jack , he 's been on to Frear from the start . |
| 4 | In the last 12 he 's been here at Little Wittenham in Oxfordshire and has raised £150,000 for charity . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's been here for hours , though . |
| 6 | I mean he 's , I think we 'll miss him , but I think he 's entitled to a move he 's been here for a little while |
| 7 | He 's been here since what ? |
| 8 | This is how almost all of his days have been spent , casting bait , checking behind him , moving on ; apart from odd nights in hostels where he can get a bath and about thirteen hours of near-coma to catch up , he 's been continuously on the road since the dawn that he stole the car and the cash that has become his fighting fund . |
| 9 | So , if you ever see anyone roaring along the street on a motorbike wearing a suit of armour with a carpet in his mouth and being pelted with armadillos , you 'll know what he 's been up to … |
| 10 | I saw him — never mind how , I 'll tell you later , but the point is , he 's been up to the house and taken things . |
| 11 | Anna was inclined to think that most of them would only notice if he looked disgustingly well , when they could say suspiciously to one another , The Rector looks all right , does n't he , wonder what he 's been up to ? |
| 12 | I wonder what he 's been up to now ? ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know what he 's been up to , |
| 14 | ‘ After all he 's been up to ? |
| 15 | If we 're to help him get his magic back I 'm going to need to know just what he 's been up to . |
| 16 | Jackie said he 's been up for seven o'clock . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's been up at the School ! |
| 18 | Even though he 's been up since six at his job in the City and is absolutely starving , the Hooray must wait until 10.30pm and then ‘ gair-airt-dinner ’ or ‘ gair-fair-n-Indi ’ . |
| 19 | but Reggie , Reggie will come in and go straight to bed , he 's been up since about quarter to four |
| 20 | A brief analysis of Primal Scream 's pop career has also taken place , rounded off by a sure-footed declaration from Craig that ‘ the only respect I have for Bobby Gillespie is that he 's been closer to Kylie Minogue 's fanny than I have . ’ |
| 21 | He 's been dead at least eighteen hours , more likely twenty-four . ’ |
| 22 | He 's been right about Sebastian contacting her . |
| 23 | Schofield 's Europe , that 's his second tour , and he 's been all round the blinking Europe |
| 24 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 25 | He 's already known all the knocks and all the hardships , he 's been there before us . |
| 26 | That 's why the apostle could say , we do n't have a high priest , who 's not touched with the feelings of our infirmities , he 's been there before it , he was tempting in all points like as we are , yet he was without sin . |
| 27 | The strain he 's been under with one thing and another . |
| 28 | He went away a lot , with his work , but he 's been back with us for the last year or so , off and on . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He 's been back for two days . ’ |
| 30 | Not since he 's been back for a week . |