Example sentences of "[vb past] [be] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two-thirds of all reservations received were for new books . |
| 2 | In Scotland the pattern followed was for Regional Councils and constituent Districts . |
| 3 | Whereas the original demand had been for actual ships , the Crown began in the 1590s to ask for money instead . |
| 4 | The trend of things had been for agricultural land to go out of production because it was easier to earn a living working in Israel . |
| 5 | Maybe they had been for old times the old times that had never really existed . |
| 6 | Important as the victory at Stirling Bridge had been for Scottish pride , there was , after a period of despondency and subjugation , to be an even more significant battlefield above the Bannock Burn two miles south of the town . |
| 7 | Bill 's orders had been for Captive Audience to lead Shine On at racing speed over six furlongs , then for them both to stride out for home over the last two furlongs . |