Example sentences of "had been for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I knew only that it was dark , and had been for some while . |
| 4 | His interest in humanity now was stone dead , and probably had been for some time . |
| 5 | ‘ That you were having an affair — had been for some time . ’ |
| 6 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 7 | At this moment the King , who had been for some time busily writing in his notebook , called out , ‘ Silence ! ’ and read out from his book , ‘ Rule Forty-Two . |
| 8 | He said it was broken , had been for some time , and that if I wanted a toilet I should go to the cafe upstairs . |
| 9 | 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 . |