Example sentences of "have [adv] be [adj] for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At dusk , it has not been unknown for us to traipse round the dykeside field boundaries collecting slugs , a pretty grisly business . |
| 2 | It has always been hard for them to translate their music success into a sustained movie career . |
| 3 | And when oversteer does come you 'd better be ready for it because it happens suddenly and rather messily . |
| 4 | It had not been necessary for him to be there . |
| 5 | The taxation in itself , however heavy , could hardly have sparked off so violent a conflagration if conditions had not been appropriate for it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It had not been easy for him to gain readmission . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She took a step backwards , and suddenly he realized that it had n't been easy for her to come here . |
| 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ The irony is that it 's all been dead for us lately . |
| 13 | ‘ I need help getting on and off the train and British Rail provides a ramp for this , but for about a month it 's only been possible for me to arrive or leave the station before 3.15pm . |
| 14 | So that 's not good news Erm , if I can show the way of overcoming that problem , how , would you be interested , and you say , that problem 's always been difficult for me , you know what can I say then , ca n't say , you ready to train yourself to think , you know , physically you a little bit of actually , putting yourself in their world . |
| 15 | ‘ These last two days have n't been easy for me . ’ |