Example sentences of "'s been [vb pp] [adj] time " in BNC.

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1 The idea , one that 's been adopted many times since , was to ‘ camouflage ’ the door handle so it did n't interfere with the body lines .
2 ‘ I have a dog as big as me and it 's been poisoned three times . ’
3 Well another question — it 's been put several times on this programme — it 's something like this — Councillors have just been considering cuts in budgets that will affect the voters .
4 He 's been arrested 32 times for shoplifting , but each time magistrates ruled the offences were n't serious enough for him to be detained , where he might have got the treatment he needs .
5 A nationwide search is under way after a fourteen-year-old who 's been arrested thirty-five times ran away afer a court appearance .
6 ‘ Moles ’ was a phrase we very often used about the Treasury and it 's been used many times since .
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