Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] be for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The accident costs which mounted up were for minor , frequent mishaps such as bacterial contamination of equipment used in the creamery which were all identified and contained , and damage caused to vehicles in the transport company from manoeuvring in confined spaces . |
2 | I believe that the figures that the hon. Lady gave earlier were for regional development grant rather than for regional selective assistance , which has been in existence for only about three years , as she will recall . |
3 | There was a lesson at school I should have loved if it had not been for poor Lucy . |
4 | But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something , and she had not been for two weeks now . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
7 | ‘ Sir , ’ he said to the court , ‘ I would be a dead man by now if it had not been for this gentleman . ’ |
8 | And equally clearly , concealed in the base of the box , it had not been for public view . |
9 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
10 | And there had also been for many years the musical evenings at your parents ' home . |
11 | I would have died too if it had n't been for that telegraph pole . ’ |
12 | And I 'll tell you somethin' else : your mother would n't have died if it had n't been for that man . ’ |
13 | ‘ If it had n't been for that you 'd never have found us . ’ |
14 | If it had n't been for that you 'd have reached Shipton and been on a train by now . ’ |
15 | 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 . |
16 | There were no sounds of any kind coming from Alina 's bedroom , and had n't been for more than an hour . |
17 | 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 . |