Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had broken his leg some time before and so had been unfit for active service till then . |
| 2 | Yet no-one could ever have doubted either his sincerity or integrity in fighting for what he always felt was right for the game . |
| 3 | The landing itself was fitted with two large , double-glazed skylights in the sloping ceiling , which I now realized were responsible for the light and feeling of airiness throughout the upper floors . |
| 4 | He had been chief executive of Glaxo — and ironically had been responsible for selling Evans to its management . |
| 5 | It was a painting that Hildenbrand neither knew was available for sale in June 1991 nor at what price . |