Example sentences of "[verb] been dead for [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Today he has been dead for several years , and still I have n't told the story .
2 He 'd been dead for several hours .
3 A doctor examined the body and decided that the man had been dead for several hours .
4 They had been dead for several days when police were called in by neighbours in the millionaire 's district of Rancho Sante Fe , near San Diego , California .
5 Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right .
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