Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [be] for " in BNC.

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1 Erm , please , appalling and have been for many years and er the whole of the road needs to be done .
2 My suit case was ready packed and had been for the last week .
3 In fact , the tea 's all set in the dining-room as usual and has been for … let me see ’ — she put her head on one side — ‘ how many years ? ’
4 All that remained was for the Lord Chancellor by statutory instrument to appoint a day for s9 to come into effect .
5 The time-consuming tasks of keeping families clean and fed were for the most part carried out with wholly inadequate equipment in depressing surroundings .
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