Example sentences of "[vb infin] be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On several occasions the ‘ correct ’ response was not the obvious one , so perhaps a wider variety of inputs could 've been catered for . |
| 2 | ‘ I would be delighted if you would consider being interviewed for the film . |
| 3 | When water levels drop the shoreline remains green , for it is seeded with a special grass which can survive being submerged for weeks at a time . |
| 4 | I sometimes thought that he would enjoy being mistaken for the one rather than the other , because he disliked the idea of poetry as a ‘ profession ’ : an attitude which some lesser figures found puzzling . |
| 5 | " Crist see well she shuld haue be dampned for synne " so he appeared to her in her sleep , wounded as in his Passion , and told her to put her hand into his side and even to feel his internal organs and heart , commenting that if he is thus open with her , why is she so ashamed to reveal to him the secrets of her heart ? |
| 6 | When will the tendering process be opened for the craft to which he referred in his statement ? |
| 7 | Situations in which translation did not occur are accounted for . |
| 8 | Let those providing the service achieve a meaningful motivation from the enthusiasm in depth that they can see being generated for it . |
| 9 | Her intimacy seemed completely impersonal , and he did rather like being appreciated for himself . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't mind being criticised for my football nor indeed do the other players but personal abuse is something else . |
| 11 | They do n't mind being shaded for part of the day . |
| 12 | If you happen to be a policeman , however , or a friend of one of the ‘ lads ’ , but do not happen to share their attitudes towards black people , you are in an even more awkward and complicated position ; how can you avoid being spoken for by those who ‘ represent ’ you in the text ? |
| 13 | He remembered a swamp draining into a lagoon some distance to the right of the highway — the road must have been raised for him to have seen that distance . |
| 14 | Piggy is short-sighted ; and the spectacles he would have been prescribed for this condition could not possibly have been used as burning glasses . |
| 15 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 16 | It is important to note , however , that the categories used in the Rolfe and Will lists may have been assigned for reasons of literary expediency , rather than as the result of rigorous classification . |
| 17 | Their locations might suggest that the former developed before the frontages were completely built up ( though structures may have been cleared for it ) while the latter had to use land behind them . |
| 18 | They could have been tailored for you . |
| 19 | It is conceivable that if an agreement had been signed and if henceforth Anglo-American relations had been bathed in sweetness and light , arrangements might have been made for pooling atomic weapons production . |
| 20 | Garter snakes could almost have been made for the purpose , being undemanding in their housing and dietary requirements , harmless and relatively simple to breed in captivity … certainly less problematic than any lizard . |
| 21 | It will have been made for the sailcloth trade but , due to some minor fault in manufacture , was released to the kite trade instead , and at an economic advantage . |
| 22 | The gesture may have been made for the sake of appearances : after all , how could a minister be without Christian charity ? |
| 23 | Although the game against the All Blacks was entertaining , the flaws in the Boks line-up were evident to see and changes should have been made for the following encounter with the World Champions . |
| 24 | There was little spare cash in the home , so real sacrifices must have been made for me . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , yes , madam — it might have been made for you . |
| 26 | Where supervision orders to the probation service would normally have been made for the offence , we find that because of homelessness and unemployment , black youths tend to be remanded in custody , or given custodial sentences . |
| 27 | It was a monumental folly , which could have been made for horror films . |
| 28 | If she had walked into a room and found him with her bag in his hands , the decision would have been made for her . |
| 29 | And then I saw my chance : a small window that could have been made for me was open . |
| 30 | In some cases doctor 's dentist 's or other appointments will have been made for the Thursdays when the bus failed to arrive . |