Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
| 3 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 4 | ‘ owing to the presence of which ’ This point is normally covered in any witness statement that might be available , viz. ‘ I saw four vehicles were involved etc. ’ or ‘ if it had not been for that vehicle the accident would not have happened ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 6 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 7 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 8 | And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home . |
| 9 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 10 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 11 | Deep inside , I thought that George loved Lennie and vice versa because if it had n't been for this love , they would n't have been able to survive happily together . |