Example sentences of "'s be [adj] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it 's been dry for another day . |
| 2 | " If a flat 's been unoccupied for some time , you 'd expect a pile of letters inside the door . " |
| 3 | ‘ The nurse tells me she 's been asleep for some time . ’ |
| 4 | SHe 's been ready for this so-called ‘ work ’ since about the fourth day . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , it 's been tough for all of us . |
| 6 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
| 7 | He 's been dead for some time . |
| 8 | Otherwise , everything 's been fine for this most casual and flexible of groups . |
| 9 | It 's been women-only for more than a century . |