Example sentences of "been [adj] for [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not have been easy for his wife to have Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu as in-laws . ) |
| 2 | It had , he thought ruefully , been good for his self-conceit to find that her devotion did n't , after all , extend to leaving London where , surprisingly , she had been discovered to have a life of her own , to join him in the fens . |
| 3 | Saint or Sinner , poet Fiona Pitt-Kethley has always been famous for her ability to startle . |
| 4 | Karajan has always been famous for his willingness to breathe with players — wind players in particular — something that many conductors neglect to do . |
| 5 | Had that been so , it would not have been necessary for his contract to include a statement that , ‘ the Company will bear the entire cost of servicing , repairing , maintaining , taxing and insuring the said motor car ’ . |