Example sentences of "have [adv] [be] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way they 'd always been for his people : the fishers , the hunters . |
| 2 | It had all been for nothing ; the fear , the guilt , the deaths … . |
| 3 | The mad drive up the M4 with pain like barbed hooks turning in his arm had all been for nothing . |
| 4 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 5 | So it had all been for nothing ! |
| 6 | His deterioration through Alzheimer 's Disease with its abundant frustrations had long been for him a physical and mental martyrdom . |
| 7 | Nor would she have been , if it had not been for him . |
| 8 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 9 | If it had not been for him we would all be dead and there would n't be anybody telling this . |
| 10 | If it had not been for their long , soul-searching conversations about the Koran and the life of the Prophet , he would probably not , now , be sleeping with her . |
| 11 | When Aunt Lilian wrote to tell him of my mother 's death — she said she had died from pneumonia — he sent a wreath of lilies and a letter , saying that if it had not been for her tuition , he would not be where he was now . |
| 12 | He took himself off , illogically cursing Emily Groundwater ; if it had not been for her he would have been in a warm bed , with Bible Willie breathing beside him . |
| 13 | It had not been for her . |
| 14 | If it had not been for my brother , the Odonata would have drowned , just as the turtle-shaped biped drowned . |
| 15 | If it had not been for his clothes and the rings on his fingers I would have scarcely recognised him . ’ |
| 16 | Sarah and Terry had no alternative but she and John could have had months of courtship before he went away if it had not been for his stubbornness . |
| 17 | Brian had given Scarlet the impression that , if it had not been for his first wife and her child , and his second wife and her child , he would have been living a life of carefree splendour in a house adjacent to the park . |
| 18 | He guided Alexandra out of the kitchen and along a passage so dark that if it had not been for his hand on her elbow , she would not have known where she was going . |
| 19 | The station had always been for her a place instinct with glory ; its function beautified it immeasurably in her eyes . |
| 20 | Thousands of school children , all of them well over sixteen , were crammed there into a large tall gilt room , and told not to insult the French , not to talk to Arabs , and not to go to Montmartre : then an English lady stood up and said that Paris had always been for her a source inépuisable de something , and everyone clapped , and then they were all turned out again , rather quickly , for the room was clearly needed for something else . |
| 21 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 22 | After all , if it had n't been for Him , she would n't have a lovely daughter . |
| 23 | His heroics prompted disappointed Hammers striker Clive Allen to admit : ‘ If it had n't been for him , we would have won . ’ |
| 24 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 25 | They would n't exist if it had n't been for him . |
| 26 | and if it had n't been for him I would n't have them , |
| 27 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 29 | ‘ If it had n't been for me , ’ Mrs Danby said darkly , ‘ Veronica would never have gone to that wine and cheese party . |
| 30 | If it had n't been for her I would n't be here … |