Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] be [adj] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was twenty — well this June — and he still had n't walked out with a girlfriend , and yet his mother was moving in very exalted circles , where it should have been possible for him to meet the pick of the debutantes . |
| 2 | ‘ That must have been awful for him because he loves his food . |
| 3 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The assistant has given us some vital information even though it must have been embarrassing for her . ’ |
| 4 | It must have been creepy for you , going into that empty house and finding something nasty behind the door … hey , that 'd make a title , would n't it ? |
| 5 | It must have been humiliating for her to accept that after helping him to create an empire within show business , he should choose to spend his time with a younger woman . |
| 6 | It must have been terrible for him . |
| 7 | It must have been terrible for her gran , wanting to explain about the Italian connection , and being unable to . |
| 8 | It must have been terrible for you all these years , but what a day it 'll be when Terry comes home , wo n't it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It must have been terrible for you when they told you there was nothing more they could do , ’ Juliet said quickly . |
| 10 | ‘ Nico , it must have been — it must have been terrible for you , loving her and losing her . |
| 11 | Although he lacked the control over the southern kingdoms which might have put him on Bede 's famous list of kings holding imperium in the south , he remained a formidable ruler , with the resources to endow the church lavishly and to raise the navy which must have been necessary for his invasion of Ireland . |
| 12 | Obviously Wordsworth 's performance in his studies at school must have been outstanding for him to have started off at Cambridge with such a lead , and it is hardly surprising that in the college examination in 1787 he was placed in the first class . |
| 13 | It must have been hard for her — uprooted and transported to a strange country — not to know what was happening to her and her mother , apart from the fact that somehow or other they 'd been able to join up again with the father . |
| 14 | This must have been irksome for them , but Mrs Webster accepted it as her war work with good grace . |
| 15 | ‘ It must have been difficult for you , hiding Egan when Place was living with his sister . ’ |
| 16 | It must have been difficult for you . ’ |
| 17 | It must have been scary for you . |
| 18 | It must have been horrible for her . ’ |
| 19 | That must have been fun for her . |
| 20 | It must have been lonely for him . |
| 21 | It must have been inconvenient for everyone . |
| 22 | This distinction between what would happen and what might happen is crucial for what follows . |
| 23 | ‘ Just as it might have been possible for you also , madame , ’ he had said . |
| 24 | In hindsight , it might have been better for him to have taken up the offer . |
| 25 | If I had been counting , or had been more familiar with the aircraft or the sequence , I might have been ready for him . |
| 26 | Nothing could have been worse for us than the children having to suffer and , thankfully , so far they have not had to . |
| 27 | My leaving Lula caused quite a scandal in Berlin ; but that period with her could have been deadly for me . |
| 28 | I visited the chapel at Strangeways prison to see the great destruction that had occurred , and I wondered whether human beings could have been responsible for it . |
| 29 | I 'm not saying I 'd have been good for him or him for me , but it did provide a link in a chain that was to tie me to glory in the Open . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd have been delighted for you to have been squeezed in next to me . |