Example sentences of "'s be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well considering nothing 's been done for fifty year I suppose really |
| 2 | ‘ It seems that the establishment thinking is that if it 's been done for 175 years , it must be all right . |
| 3 | It 's been engaged for ten minutes at least . |
| 4 | ‘ What 's been accepted for 2,000 years should not be changed now . ’ |
| 5 | A Glasgow man 's been jailed for four and a half years for blackmailing gay businessmen . |
| 6 | It 's been known for some time that dioxins are created when chlorine is used to make paper white , but in many situations it 's been difficult to find substitutes . |
| 7 | The Lockerbie enquiry 's been suspended for two days after a solicitor representing families of American victims , died in a car crash . |
| 8 | ‘ Perhaps it 's been buried for ten years , ’ she whispered to herself . |
| 9 | Now he 's been banned for another 12 months at Banbury , Oxfordshire . |
| 10 | And also , back in their team is erm Michael Lee who 's been banned for some years now , and he 's raring to go and erm I think they 're all coming down to prove a few points . |
| 11 | No such luck I 'm afraid for a car swindler who 's been gaoled for two years after he was caught boarding the same holiday flight as his victim . |
| 12 | No in fact he 's not , he 's been arrested for some other crime . |
| 13 | There had been a shop in Street I which is still there but it 's been used for other things now . |
| 14 | It 's quite rare to get the equipment that 's been used for this type of activity . |
| 15 | Well it 's been booked for three or four weeks has n't it ? |
| 16 | But if you 're like me moving to a , a house that 's been established for some years you 'll probably find there 's only a minimum of power points because let's face it over the years the use of electrical apparatus have become more and more has n't it ? |
| 17 | you know , the V A T man wants his money , I mean the V A T man 's been paid for all these invoices |