Example sentences of "have be [adj] for " in BNC.

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1 My leaving Lula caused quite a scandal in Berlin ; but that period with her could have been deadly for me .
2 Had she been expecting any apology , though , Fabia realised then that she would have been disappointed for , ‘ Hrm , ’ was all he grunted , and , handing the letter back , he scrutinised her with a hard look , and Fabia had the feeling that he thought that she was the one in the wrong !
3 Clearly , the observations made by Darwin during his voyage on the Beagle , for example , would have been inconsequential for science had they remained Darwin 's private experiences .
4 It would have been simple for Rachel . ’
5 It can not have been easy for an ordinand or a curate to stand up to contemptuous persiflage about his religion from one of the ablest minds of the generation who happened to be his own brother .
6 It might have been easy for Celia to persuade herself that it would all make little difference to me .
7 It could not have been easy for these men to deliver flocks and herds safely to their destination and the advent of motor transport must have been a blessing to animals .
8 It would have been easy for you to lose five pounds ’ worth of lead as you saddled up .
9 It can not have been easy for his wife to have Nicolae and Elena Ceauşescu as in-laws . )
10 He had wanted a short Report , with strong emphasis on grammar , spelling and punctuation , which would have been easy for parents to read .
11 It would have been easy for him to take it off .
12 It would have been easy for her to pass for a white girl .
13 It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country .
14 I suppose it would have been easy for someone to ‘ lift ’ a few odd balls , but my innocent mind had never though of this !
15 It can not have been easy for either of them .
16 In this example , it would have been easy for the teacher to have made the child 's decisions for her .
17 It can not have been easy for a man in his fifties to start afresh as an instrument-maker in London .
18 ‘ Without intimate knowledge of the business , it would have been easy for you to make an unintentional slip .
19 It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’
20 It 's easy and it would have been easy for me to get up on a platform or to go into the department and say , look lads , you know , we feel that you 're justified in walking out the door .
21 Children were fascinated by the ducks and it would have been easy for a toddler to slip through the fence , leaving mum stranded on the other side .
22 Again , given the story 's setting and plot , it would have been easy for an insular national chauvinism to have been the prevailing tone .
23 ‘ I know that ca n't have been easy for you . ’
24 ‘ It would have been easy for me to bring in someone without any experience and ease them into the job , ’ said Stapleton , now 36 .
25 It could n't have been easy for her , a young unmarried mother , coming back to Ireland .
26 ‘ It ca n't have been easy for her .
27 ‘ It ca n't have been easy for them either over the past week , not knowing who they 'd be playing . ’
28 It would have been easy for any of them to say : ‘ I 'm swimming for shore , it 's every man for himself ’ sort of thing , but they did n't .
29 Neither of us mentioned it : it would have been intolerable for either of us to accept that he was losing his grip .
30 It would have been opportune for the committee to examine the whole purpose and function of A levels , to see whether they were needed at all ; or whether , if retained , they should be radically changed .
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