Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence from official statistics suggests that the number of households containing two or more elementary families has indeed fallen : from 3 per cent of households in 1961 to 1 per cent in 1981 ( Social Trends , 1987 , p. 41 , table 2.1 ) Clearly this is , and apparently has been for some time , very much a minority arrangement within the British population as a whole . |
| 2 | It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent . |
| 3 | To insist upon the inquest in these circumstances could only have been for the purpose of procuring a rapping over the knuckles in public of that authority and/or a convenient means of obtaining evidence for a subsequent claim against it . |
| 4 | Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their |
| 5 | All these hours in Madamoiselle McKirdy 's class will not have been for nothing . |
| 6 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 7 | It could not have been for offside . |
| 8 | A more normal way of satisfying the prospective buyer 's concern that the vendor may not proceed is for the vendor to agree to pay or contribute towards the cost of the report if the matter does not proceed to completion for any reason not involving fault by the prospective buyer . |
| 9 | Everything he had ever done was for the woman he could not forget . |
| 10 | Anythin' I ever did was for me family . |
| 11 | The mine I always pictured was for lead , |
| 12 | His interest in humanity now was stone dead , and probably had been for some time . |
| 13 | These little shrubs are also known as ‘ hedgehog ’ hollies , and probably have been for all of the 300 years they have been grown in gardens . |
| 14 | I think that what she really wants is for words to be more like numbers . |
| 15 | ‘ The only thing I really want is for Alonzo Kettless to carve me an East Suffolk Policeman 's helmet , ’ said Chief Superintendent Rom Rumsby on his retirement . |
| 16 | But what I really want is for the book to be read and enjoyed by the people who read the other books . |
| 17 | ‘ What I really want is for us to reach these people before Moscow does : there 's no argument about who they 'll want to pin it on . |
| 18 | This neutralised the efforts of the consortium since all funds committed so far had been for the purchase of the collection intact ; they could not be used for individual sale bids or any subsequent related negotiations . |
| 19 | What I really need is for ever . |
| 20 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 21 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
| 22 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
| 23 | I mean , so they could n't have been for er er Germany . |
| 24 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 25 | What is particularly required is for the government to review the rules on benefits paid to people who receive income under therapeutic work schemes . |
| 26 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 27 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 28 | Probably if it had n't have been for Sister Helen and I would have never have been able to b catch the at all because I never came to see a doctor . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | If it had n't have been for the policeman there would have been untold carnage . ’ |