Example sentences of "be for his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Watkinson had not survived as Secretary of State for Defence long enough to see his counter-reformation completed , but he did have the satisfaction of knowing that , had it not been for his efforts to swing the pendulum of British Defence policy back into the centre of the spectrum of war , Britain 's disengagement from empire would not have been so successful . |
| 2 | He eventually became a prebend of St. Paul 's and Archdeacon of Leicester ; had it not been for his friendship with Bishop Crewe who sympathized with the Stuarts , he could have expected to become a bishop . |
| 3 | This tally could possibly have been a lot more had it not been for his unreliable behaviour in the show ring . |
| 4 | If it had not been for his clothes and the rings on his fingers I would have scarcely recognised him . ’ |
| 5 | If it had n't been for his diligent research and dogged answer seeking , I would n't be leaving for America two hours from now in the hope of a cure . |
| 6 | Adam would have faced almost certain death if it had n't been for his quick thinking . |
| 7 | The year belonged to Keke Rosberg at Williams — though Ferrari 's Didier Pironi might well have won the championship had it not been for his grave accident in the rain at Hockenheim . |
| 8 | Had it not been for his desire to sound Eleanor out on the subject of Liza , he felt he could easily have done so . |
| 9 | Lauda and Ferrari were supreme in 1975 and Lauda 's five wins , including three in succession , were enough to take him on to his first world title , a title he would surely have retained had it not been for his accident at the Nurburgring . |
| 10 | He 'd begun to tell her an anecdote about the time he 'd been trying out some play in Brighton when he 'd very nearly missed the curtain because he 'd accidentally locked himself in his hotel-room , and how if it had n't been for his wife — ; realising his blunder he broke off and wanted to know if she minded his being married . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The way they 'd always been for his people : the fishers , the hunters . |
| 14 | The plan had been for his son ( Frederick William ) Robin ( born 1936 ) , who succeeded as third earl and was himself the author of an excellent life of William Wilberforce [ q.v. ] , to complete it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If it had n't been for his quick-mindedness , he said , goodness knows what scandal might not have ensued . |
| 17 | They 'd have sacked him , if it had n't been for his war-record — it would n't have looked good . |
| 18 | ‘ No , ’ she mumbled , sagging suddenly , so that if it had n't have been for his firm grip she probably would have sunk to the ground , ‘ I did n't think . |
| 19 | If it had n't been for his harsh , laboured breathing , Isabel would not have known that he still lived . |
| 20 | His large eyes might have been girlish had it not been for his unusually heavy eyebrows . |
| 21 | Kersey would have written him off as harmless had it not been for his extreme wariness . |
| 22 | Cameron would have faced a High Court sentence had it not been for his good record , the sheriff added . |
| 23 | He has been one of the driving forces behind Musselburgh 's revival and had it not been for his stout efforts earlier in the season , the Stoneyhill club would never have been in the promotion challenge . |
| 24 | He 'll have been for his interview and for his wages in Calper today . |
| 25 | These are for his wife , who smokes . |
| 26 | But a lot of the controls are for his mou … for the bucket . |
| 27 | ‘ Although the records a general practitioner makes are for his own personal use , we accept this opening . |
| 28 | They were meant to be for his weight but I 'm not sure I believe that . |
| 29 | While I am the last to recommend such surgery unnecessarily , there 's no doubt that in Sombro 's case it would be for his own good . |
| 30 | That is to be hi , for it to be his , to be to his praise , to be for his glory . |