Example sentences of "'s be dead for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I told you , he 's been dead for years , ’ the guard snaps .
2 He 's been dead for some time .
3 A : Oh no they lived in Canada eh he was married to my mother 's sister + + well she 's been dead for a number of years now +
4 ‘ Because he 's been dead for over two hundred years . ’
5 ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented .
6 Well I mean her mother 's been dead for , I do n't know how many years .
7 Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right .
8 Oh yes , keep it in the family oh dear she was my youngest sister too and she 's been dead for , oh bloody hell , she was eighty six when she died , how long 's that ago , a few years , I 'm the baby of the family and me brother 's the next one , and he 's eight eighty five now , is he ?
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