Example sentences of "'s [be] dead [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I told you , he 's been dead for years , ’ the guard snaps . |
2 | He 's been dead for some time . |
3 | 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 + |
4 | ‘ Because he 's been dead for over two hundred years . ’ |
5 | ‘ She 's been dead for hours , ’ he commented . |
6 | Well I mean her mother 's been dead for , I do n't know how many years . |
7 | Then Jimmy said well you know she 's been dead for many years and er she says , oh that 's right . |
8 | 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 ? |