Example sentences of "she 's be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's absolutely livid that she 's been freezing for no reason at all . |
| 2 | ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’ |
| 3 | And she 's married , she 's been married for two and half years to Glen . |
| 4 | That Madam , Gary used to say , she 's been forty for as long as we 've known her . |
| 5 | A : Oh no they lived in Canada eh he was married to my mother 's sister + + well she 's been dead for a number of years now + |
| 6 | ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented . |
| 7 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 8 | Oh yes , keep it in the family oh dear she was my youngest sister too and she 's been dead for , oh bloody hell , she was eighty six when she died , how long 's that ago , a few years , I 'm the baby of the family and me brother 's the next one , and he 's eight eighty five now , is he ? |
| 9 | But — yes , the poor old thing is rather queer — in fact , she 's been mad for years , so you see now why I needed no special qualifications . |
| 10 | she 's been bedridden for twenty years now or whatever |
| 11 | Albert said , ‘ She 's been ill for ages . |
| 12 | SHe 's been ready for this so-called ‘ work ’ since about the fourth day . |