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

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1 Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right .
2 He 's been dead for some time .
3 Examining her responses to this normal catalogue of everyday events , of life , she found that she wished she was dead , had been dead for some time , so that she was used to it : and then she thought that if she had been dead for long enough , she would probably be bored with that by now .
4 A doctor examined the body and decided that the man had been dead for several hours .
5 He 'd been dead for several hours .
6 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 .
7 They had all been dead for several days .
8 Today he has been dead for several years , and still I have n't told the story .
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