Example sentences of "'s be dead " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told you , he 's been dead for years , ’ the guard snaps . |
| 2 | ‘ How long do you think she 's been dead ? ’ |
| 3 | He 's been dead for some time . |
| 4 | It 's in my Quarter , of course — I do n't know how long he 's been dead but I went up there and the doctor was still there . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't know how long he 's been dead , ’ murmured the Marshal , ‘ though it could n't have been long , he was n't … |
| 6 | 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 + |
| 7 | ‘ It 's been dead years , ’ he said . |
| 8 | Gin er was that er Alderman , the old gentleman , the older alderman , you know he 's been dead years now from , and erm they were very good . |
| 9 | ‘ Because he 's been dead for over two hundred years . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented . |
| 11 | Oh , dear he 's been dead , ten it must of been the ten , this is eighty two , seventy two , about sixty five I should think about sixty five |
| 12 | Well I mean her mother 's been dead for , I do n't know how many years . |
| 13 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 14 | used to go Isle of Man and that , and Bury 's at Lewiston , where it 's been dead now two or three year now , ai n't they ? |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | But eighteen years , so Auntie 's been dead how long ? |