Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] been for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsequent Acts have tended to produce more detailed requirements , but the main thrust has always been for nationalized industries ' accounts to produce , as a minimum , the amount and kind of information that a PLC has to produce . |
| 2 | The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ . |
| 3 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |
| 4 | There is never a month that I am not overseas , and has n't been for many years — long before I achieved my present position . |
| 5 | It was her idea to come here each summer , but she has n't been for three years now . |
| 6 | It has n't been for three years . " |
| 7 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
| 8 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
| 9 | Hardwick 's involvement might have ended there , if it had not been for one of the tradesmen , who addressed a petition to the Company nine months later : his original estimate of £2,514 18 1¼d had left him bearing a loss of £266 6 3¾d . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
| 12 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
| 13 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 14 | And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home . |
| 15 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
| 16 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
| 18 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
| 19 | It was in Schiaparelli that she met Tricarico , who brought her aboard the Resplendent Trogon , which led her into the presence of Balthazar Plum — and if it had n't been for all that , she would never have acquired the Alice in the first place . |
| 20 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They have not been for some time except to people who still remember The Beatles and The Animals . |
| 23 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 24 | Cos I have n't been for two years since I 've been to that one ! |
| 25 | You 're lucky , I have n't been for three days . |
| 26 | I have n't been for three years . |
| 27 | " I have n't been for some time . |
| 28 | " No , and there have n't been for some time . " |