Example sentences of "[verb] be the [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Opposition Front Bench spokesmen are murmuring , I will say that it has a Labour council ; that has been the reason for my increasing majority . |
| 2 | If he had said , ‘ You need me , ’ then that would have been the end for him . |
| 3 | This may have been the reason for his poor showing . ’ |
| 4 | I would have been the scapegoat for anything bad they wrote afterwards . |
| 5 | So very reluctantly they took me to the home of a local merchant whose wife 's health had been the reason for their not taking anyone so far . |
| 6 | This week we read of him losing to an unranked Swede who virtually apologised after the match , explaining that Borg had been the reason for his getting into tennis in the first place . |
| 7 | It would also be a major knock-back for the scum because , without a doubt , he 's been the difference for them scoring vital goals and setting up others . |