Example sentences of "had [adv] be for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His deterioration through Alzheimer 's Disease with its abundant frustrations had long been for him a physical and mental martyrdom . |
| 2 | Nor would she have been , if it had not been for him . |
| 3 | ‘ I would never have been a dancer or believed I could do anything if it had not been for him , ’ said Crawford . |
| 4 | If it had not been for him we would all be dead and there would n't be anybody telling this . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It had not been for her . |
| 7 | The station had always been for her a place instinct with glory ; its function beautified it immeasurably in her eyes . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | If it had n't been for him , I would have had a bad time because I hated school . ’ |
| 10 | After all , if it had n't been for Him , she would n't have a lovely daughter . |
| 11 | His heroics prompted disappointed Hammers striker Clive Allen to admit : ‘ If it had n't been for him , we would have won . ’ |
| 12 | If it had n't been for him I 'd not have reached the standards that I 've achieved , ’ said Zara . |
| 13 | They would n't exist if it had n't been for him . |
| 14 | and if it had n't been for him I would n't have them , |
| 15 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 17 | ‘ If it had n't been for me , ’ Mrs Danby said darkly , ‘ Veronica would never have gone to that wine and cheese party . |
| 18 | If it had n't been for her I would n't be here … |
| 19 | If it had n't been for her , he would n't even be here . |
| 20 | If it had n't been for you , after my fall … . ’ |
| 21 | If it had n't been for you maybe I 'd be dead by now . ’ |
| 22 | And to think , darling Lily , my darling sister , if it had n't been for you , I 'd as likely be selling herrings on Orchard Street … |
| 23 | ‘ He would never have made it if it had n't been for you . |
| 24 | All that bottled-up vitriol for the man he 'd been waiting for had actually been for her . |
| 25 | But before we jump to the conclusion that Pound had simply had a brainstorm , or had been trapped by misplaced compassion for Dunning as a lame duck , we ought to consider another possibility — that imagism , and Pound 's endorsement of Ford 's insistence on ‘ the prose tradition ’ , had never been for him more than an aberration , though in the short term a very profitable one , from a way of feeling that impelled him always toward the cantabile , a proclivity that would , in the interests of melody , tolerate notably eccentric diction . |