Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 3 | Everything he had ever done was for the woman he could not forget . |
| 4 | If it had n't have been for her I would n't have been taking so many exams . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | If it had n't have been for the policeman there would have been untold carnage . ’ |