Example sentences of "[adj] it [verb] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen how entirely wrong it had been for him to have assumed that Beatrice Throgmorton would look twice at him . |
| 2 | Hours passed and the wind worsened to the strongest it had been for days . |
| 3 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |
| 4 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
| 5 | All it takes is for society to accept the conviction that the imposed form of existence does more harm than good . ’ |
| 6 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 7 | All it needed was for the envelope to be stuck down . |
| 8 | Little damage had been done , all it needed was for the cargo to be reassembled , but , while several tourists were rushing energetically around attempting to do this , the drivers of the carts had taken time off to chat . |
| 9 | ‘ All it needs is for a journalist to go down to Abbotsfield . ’ |
| 10 | And Carol and Ann are white and all it needs is for one of them to lead the other , censoring friendship , arousing hostility . |
| 11 | You 've no idea how good it 's been for me out here . |
| 12 | We know how tough it has been for many but we are poised to move forward again , lacking only the spark of confidence with which a Conservative victory would ignite recovery . |
| 13 | I do n't think people have any idea how tough it has been for me . |
| 14 | The mute swan population stands at the highest it has been for 40 years . |
| 15 | He said , ‘ How wonderful it has been for us both to seek new understanding of each other as we have prayed together and sought healing from each other 's wounds . ’ |
| 16 | The more the institutions of representative government demand technical efficiency from administrative organizations , the more those organizations have found it necessary to employ specialists and the more difficult it has been for the judgements of the career officials to be resisted . |
| 17 | This year , the abundance of berries was the best it had been for years . |