Example sentences of "it [vb past] be for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All it took was for one saleslady to tell her she looked lovely and Mrs McMahon was persuaded . |
| 2 | That 's the way it had been for longer than she could remember . |
| 3 | I was mean-minded enough to wish it had been for longer . |
| 4 | But , I think it would be illusory to think that we can maintain our profits from land in ninety three at the same level as it had been for ninety one and two . |
| 5 | The luncheon table was laid as it had been for 50 Christmases , with a pyramid of polished John Standish apples from Somerset in the middle , flanked by Christmas roses and trails of ivy . |