Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [be] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The accident costs which mounted up were for minor , frequent mishaps such as bacterial contamination of equipment used in the creamery which were all identified and contained , and damage caused to vehicles in the transport company from manoeuvring in confined spaces . |
| 2 | I believe that the figures that the hon. Lady gave earlier were for regional development grant rather than for regional selective assistance , which has been in existence for only about three years , as she will recall . |
| 3 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
| 4 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 5 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |