Example sentences of "'s be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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1 | It 's been treated for burns but is expected to survive even without it 's mother . |
2 | Your flat 's been bugged for the past two months . ’ |
3 | It 's been arranged for a very long time . ’ |
4 | Instead , she 's been saved for the moment by an old-fashioned storyteller , worth millions — George Lucas of Star Wars . |
5 | Then he said , ‘ The decision 's been made for you . ’ |
6 | And that 's a traditional one that 's been made for in a modern , modern colour . |
7 | A fresh appeal 's been made for witnesses to the murder of teenager who was stabbed to death at a social services office . |
8 | ‘ The kennels failed health and safety standards , so they 're half finished — nothing 's been done for a year . |
9 | And I think kids should be encouraged to erm think about themselves rather than just tick boxes and I think er , er er a group of sentences down here written by the form teacher , by the subject teacher and the pupil erm , as it 's been done for about , for a few years , a good habit to get the kids into , erm especially as a record of achievement should start from year seven . |
10 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
11 | Well considering nothing 's been done for fifty year I suppose really |
12 | It 's been done for Venus and for Mercury about twenty years ago . |
13 | There is a well known Peanuts cartoon by Charles Schulz in which a girl is sitting at her school desk querying the C-grade she 's been given for her ‘ sculpture ’ made from a coat-hanger . |
14 | Now something 's been said for certainly fifteen years er that I can remember . |
15 | Albert Pacey made his announcement at the headquarters in Cheltenham where he 's been based for nearly six years . |
16 | Th it 's been pinpointed for us that all these lovely tea , coffee , and chocolate which we all adore , is , is one of the things which is causing the greatest distress and unfairness in the world . |
17 | And yes , he 's been mistaken for food a few times ! |
18 | Real Men with John Ritter its , its really wacky , like he 's this fucking secret agent stuff , I never smoke unless its after six and he just , he 's this John Ritter and his got this really mild of character but he 's been mistaken for an , an agent and he 's , he 's , he 's going |
19 | It 's been condemned for years now . |
20 | Cos that 's been shut for ages in n it ? |
21 | A young Bannockburn girl 's been scarred for life in a tragic playpark accident . |
22 | ‘ It 's been examined for fingerprints . |
23 | It 's been engaged for ten minutes at least . |
24 | OLYMPIC aces returning from Barcelona this week brought back a very silly story about cycling superstar Chris Boardman : ‘ Have you heard he 's been tested for drugs . ’ |
25 | ‘ What 's been accepted for 2,000 years should not be changed now . ’ |
26 | Well it 's been gone , it 's been built for a year er er er er it 's been up for ages has n't it ? |
27 | He was to have joined me this week , but his train met with an accident , so he 's been detained for a few days with an injured ankle . |
28 | But when I look back , I think it 's this path that 's been ploughed for me . |
29 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for a total of four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
30 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |