Example sentences of "been for [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The trauma underlying religion , which has been for long periods of time forgotten , remaining latent in the unconscious , was also a mixture of sexuality and aggression . |
| 2 | Egg theft would have been far worse had it not been for round-the-clock protection from the army at the end of the season . |
| 3 | To live in a beautiful country , and to enure myself as much as possible to the labour of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my sigh at midnight . |
| 4 | To live in a beautiful country & to inure myself as much as possible to the labors of the field , have been for this year past my dream of the day , my Sigh at midnight — but to enjoy these blessings near you , to see you daily , to tell you all my thoughts in their first birth , and to hear your 's , to be mingling identities with you , as it were ; — the vision-weaving Fancy has indeed often pictured such things , but Hope never dared whisper a promise ! ’ |
| 5 | But the broad trend has been for this gap between the experience of rich and poor worlds to narrow ( see the graph on Page 16 ) . |
| 6 | ‘ If any courses were run they would have been for trained staff like enrolled or staff nurses . |
| 7 | As Elisabeth , Rosalind Plowright sounded more secure than she has been for some time on British stages and sang her last aria with true Verdian pathos and passion . |
| 8 | There has been for some time in Africa debate concerning the suitability for the Eucharist of wheat bread and grape wine . |
| 9 | It has to be said that there has been for some years within the Labour Party something of a class divide — a working-class element resentful of a middle-class takeover by lawyers and the like . |
| 10 | Had it not been for another round of cost cutting , the group would have crept back into the black last year . |