Example sentences of "[conj] 's be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a time bomb that 's been ticking for centuries and the fuse has always been gold . |
| 2 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that let Windows applications run on Unix desktops . |
| 3 | It caps a deal that 's been brewing for some time for the pair to co-develop products this year that enable Windows applications to run under Unix on desktop systems . |
| 4 | do you want a cup of tea that 's been stewing for three days ? |
| 5 | And that 's a traditional one that 's been made for in a modern , modern colour . |
| 6 | But when I look back , I think it 's this path that 's been ploughed for me . |
| 7 | Wherever possible , re-use water that 's been used for washing vegetables , not-too dirty dishes , bathwater , rinse cycle of washing machine , etc ( again , only on outdoor plants ) . |
| 8 | Because that 's the old term that 's been used for however many years , and it 's still used by industry . |
| 9 | It 's quite rare to get the equipment that 's been used for this type of activity . |
| 10 | a thing that 's been used for a couple of months ! |
| 11 | A council that 's been paying for a fourteen-year-old criminal to stay in Spain has been criticised in court . |
| 12 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |
| 13 | But if you 're like me moving to a , a house that 's been established for some years you 'll probably find there 's only a minimum of power points because let's face it over the years the use of electrical apparatus have become more and more has n't it ? |
| 14 | you know , that G P's that 's been practising for a long number of years you know er , elderly G P's are probably not as up-to-date on these kind of things as they should be . |
| 15 | W that has all been quantified as as best it can through all the various reports and very detailed information that 's been provided for for members . |
| 16 | Elstree is not able to take all the aviation business that 's been displaced for weeks that I know of and , and for Hatfield I 've been notified by two people who are at present at Hatfield , one of whom is going to move to Stansted . |
| 17 | A woman has offered to spend a hundred thousand pounds of her own money to reopen a village school that 's been closed for over a year . |
| 18 | Because I 've been keeping a record of everything that 's been happening for you , you know , so you wo n't have missed anything . ’ |
| 19 | Well never can he and er the other partners with er the plant hire that 's been going for donkey 's ages and never shows a profit . |