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 .
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