Example sentences of "[vb infin] been a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The same passage , despite the narrow constriction of the valley at Djerdap , as the Danube forces its way between the Transylvanian Alps to the north and the Stara Planina to the south , may also have been a route for invaders into the Roman province of Pannonia , although the Iron Gate Pass , some 130 km ( 80 miles ) further north , afforded a better route for the Goths who descended on Pannonia from Transylvania in the middle of the fourth century AD . |
| 2 | And I think it should n't even have been a question for the Celtic connection to be there . |
| 3 | Well it could have been a cheque for a |
| 4 | Although one should not read too much into this , given that the families in the survey had at least one child in primary ( board ) school by definition , and therefore the oldest were sometimes the only ones of an age to be working , it can safely be said that the openings for girls in the printing trade must have been a godsend for low-income families with several children . |
| 5 | Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job |
| 6 | Otherwise there would n't have been a chance for someone with such a large family , almost any of whom could have taken her in . |
| 7 | If one of them took it it would have been a goal for certain . |
| 8 | He must have been a fool for her er , you know ? |
| 9 | In the photograph on the facing page I have designed an S-shape for Sheen , but it could just as easily have been a J for Joanna , or any of the other letters of the alphabet . |
| 10 | Genteel and restful with lace cloths on the little tables , parlour palms in pots around what might almost have been a dais for a three-piece orchestra , and table service by waitresses in neat black dresses and white lace caps and aprons , the Palm Court was invariably at its busiest with morning coffees and afternoon teas when shoppers were tempted with an array of dainty cakes and pastries and hot toasted teacakes in silver dishes complete with lids . |
| 11 | That eventuality would have been a worry for the UN had the Bosnian Serbs said Yes and thereby set the scene for the biggest UN peacekeeping operation ever . |
| 12 | He 'd have been a mark for all the wise guys without me to look out for him . ’ |
| 13 | With the cash to match my pretensions I 'd have been a menace for our Dennis . |
| 14 | It may have been a stopping-place for drovers — but he could still do Dr Johnson the honour of making lemonade from fresh lemons . |
| 15 | While George Boon rejected the suggestion that the very small coins were votive objects and may thus be found in some quantity on temple sites , he sensibly adds that there could have been a tendency for poor quality coins ‘ to gravitate to these shrines as easily as to the offertory of a country church ’ . |
| 16 | When these cyclosporin specific side effects occurred , there may have been a tendency for the study drug to be disclosed . |
| 17 | And so it was that she died alone in a mental hospital — as Eliot told Violet Schiff , one of the few who had known them both from their earliest days together , death could only have been a deliverance for her . |
| 18 | Inspector White said : ‘ Providing the club [ Arsenal ] were happy , staging a second replay ay Highbury would not have been a problem for us . |
| 19 | It would have been a problem for me if the bloody sergeant had come along and seen me drinking beer or seen that bottle beside me . |
| 20 | In 1923 the LNER was born , and the great variety of locomotives and coaching stock must have been a paradise for the enthusiast . |
| 21 | The reaction to that speech - and my reaction to that , the attempt to explain and apologise — put a firm stop to any hope I might have had that I might have been a candidate for leadership of the party . ’ |
| 22 | It might have been a cry for help — we just do not know . ’ |
| 23 | Angelica Kauffman might be compared with Mozart — an infant prodigy overendowed with artistic gifts — but while music could have been a profession for a man , it would have turned Angelica Kauffman into a performer . |
| 24 | It would have to be taken out to the van , and that would certainly have been a job for mother and son , a major job at that . |
| 25 | ‘ There must have been a reason for it , like not wanting anyone to know what was being carried aboard Titron . ’ |
| 26 | It should have been a procession for Linfield after the Coleman dismissal . |
| 27 | And what should have been a doddle for Lord Waddington turned into a disaster . |
| 28 | SIX lengths ahead , only yards to the winning post … it should have been a doddle for Irish jockey Charlie Swan . |
| 29 | These two hundred and thirty miles on the road should have been a time for strengthening bonds and for unifying our resolve , but I felt continually at cross-purposes with him . |
| 30 | There would have been a time for such a word . |