Example sentences of "[noun] 's be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A young Bannockburn girl 's been scarred for life in a tragic playpark accident . |
| 2 | Your flat 's been bugged for the past two months . ’ |
| 3 | The Lockerbie enquiry 's been suspended for two days after a solicitor representing families of American victims , died in a car crash . |
| 4 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for a total of four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 5 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 6 | you know , the V A T man wants his money , I mean the V A T man 's been paid for all these invoices |
| 7 | Then he said , ‘ The decision 's been made for you . ’ |
| 8 | A fresh appeal 's been made for witnesses to the murder of teenager who was stabbed to death at a social services office . |
| 9 | Questions range from the extreme — ‘ My client 's been arrested for murder ’ — to the mundane — ‘ I have just received a mailshot from another firm which is quite appalling . ’ |