Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where has she been for the last decade ? |
| 2 | A royal charter , read aloud by a villager on horseback , proclaims Seamer Fair to be open for business for the next seven days ; but it is not , nor has it been for the last fifty years . |
| 3 | We hope it 's for the best , ’ said Mr Gennady Gerasimov , the chief spokesman , in pithy words which encapsulate the bold leap towards the Common European Home that Mr Egon Krenz , with Moscow 's backing , has made . |
| 4 | The group finds that , for a given jet energy , the transverse momentum is always larger for the jet with lowest energy thin it is for the other two . |
| 5 | One should not expect to obtain a detailed contract , but once a commitment is made it is for the long term . |
| 6 | But happen it 's for the best ; you had to know some time . |
| 7 | I believe it is for the fundamental reason summed up in the idea of Christ 's inclusive humanity . |
| 8 | Despite his brotherly teasing and criticisms , he was devoted to her and would not be speaking in this fashion unless he felt it was for the best . |
| 9 | When Mellor joined colleagues for yesterday 's Cabinet meeting , he knew it was for the last time . |
| 10 | I thought it was for the best . |
| 11 | Yes , fish it was for the mental energy to face our new situation . |
| 12 | ‘ If you think it 's for the best , Daddy . ’ |
| 13 | Well , I think it 's for the best , Kate . |
| 14 | ‘ I think it 's for the best , ’ she said . |
| 15 | It was not easy but I think it is for the best , in the long run . |
| 16 | Where 've you been for the last six star signs ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They said it was for the best , ’ said Gloria . |
| 18 | I ask him stupid things like , ‘ Where have you been for the past six months ? ’ |
| 19 | Where have you been for the past four hours ? ’ |
| 20 | Or Eddie Grundy … or Mark Hebden … or Ruth Archer … then where have you been for the last forty years . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , DEC watcher Terry Shannon of Gander Resources claims DEC taped out an Alpha Lite LC ( for low cost ) chip last month and believes it is for the so-called Triumph Alpha PC which he says is scheduled to move next March . |