Example sentences of "'s be [adj] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , it 's been available for months now — but I 've been reliably informed that the 3.5-inch drive is going to be re -launched , hopefully with a sizeable catalogue of software titles to accompany it . |
| 2 | It 's been dark for ages . |
| 3 | ‘ Luke , it 's been intolerable for weeks . |
| 4 | It 's been clear for years ( ever since the Hayward exhibitions The Other Story : AfroAsian Artists in Postwar Britain and Art in Latin America met with such dismally insular reponses from most of the critics ) that massive justification is needed for any exhibition that seems ‘ foreign ’ . |
| 5 | But — yes , the poor old thing is rather queer — in fact , she 's been mad for years , so you see now why I needed no special qualifications . |
| 6 | Albert said , ‘ She 's been ill for ages . |
| 7 | ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented . |
| 8 | ‘ I told you , he 's been dead for years , ’ the guard snaps . |