Example sentences of "[noun] 's be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ War 's been inevitable for a long time , Anne . ’ |
| 2 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 3 | And it 's been used constantly , so it 's not done bad , it 's the way , the leg 's been wiggly for a while , it just broke off the other day , so , I do n't know whether John can mend it , he could n't seem to think he can |
| 4 | Megan 's been married for 18 years and still loves her husband , but resents his meanness . |
| 5 | Well I mean her mother 's been dead for , I do n't know how many years . |