Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when oversteer does come you 'd better be ready for it because it happens suddenly and rather messily . |
| 2 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 3 | The taxation in itself , however heavy , could hardly have sparked off so violent a conflagration if conditions had not been appropriate for it . |
| 4 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 5 | Raynor paused , looking down into the half-closed eyes , and saw Grainne smile , and saw , as well , that despite her apparent tranquillity , she had been nervous , and that it had not been easy for her to come to his room . |
| 6 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 7 | Walesa , who attended this session , said afterwards that in order to prove that the new constitution had not been tailor-made for him he would resign as soon as it came into force . |
| 8 | But Great-Aunt Alicia had always been famous for her absurdities . |
| 9 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 10 | Viking justice had n't been renowned for its leniency , she recollected . |
| 11 | The Commission so stirred the Poles , that while it had initially been possible for them to buy up Polish estates for German settlement , by 1898 , when the Prussian Landtag voted an additional 100 million marks for the Commission 's use , the Poles had already begun to see the sale of land to the Commission as a crime against the nation and had begun to organise their own agricultural co-operatives and credit unions . |