Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In , his reading aloud had proved to be successful except for a couple of occasions when he had had a particularly stressful day and had found it exceedingly difficult to relax . |
| 2 | They were empty except for a caretaker or two . |
| 3 | The walls were bare except for a photograph of a number of village men standing in front of a house the house . |
| 4 | Some compare Portia 's characteristics to that of the Queen at the time — Elizabeth I. Women were thought of being inferior and for a woman to have so much power was a very rare situation . |
| 5 | Inhibitions are rare except for a bankruptcy inhibition , which serves the same purpose as a land charge in unregistered conveyancing . |
| 6 | It is clear that for a girl to have any chance of succeeding , she must play the Tour in some style . |
| 7 | We now write unc so that each square matrix is null except for a unit in the appropriate diagonal position . |
| 8 | There is much gold about his person , in the form of anklets and wristlets , but otherwise he is naked except for a leopardskin loincloth . |
| 9 | The water trough was empty except for a layer of scum , a beer bottle and some sweet wrappers . |
| 10 | The street below was empty except for a girl walking along sobbing quietly and a boy behind her trying to explain . |
| 11 | The incinerator was empty except for a trace of carbon ash . |
| 12 | The house was dark except for a light in the kitchen . |
| 13 | He was unarmed except for a dagger with a mother-of-pearl handle pushed through an ornately embroidered belt . |
| 14 | He was naked except for a bow tie — a nice touch , that . |
| 15 | His scrawny body was naked except for a loincloth and the tattered remains of a jerkin . |
| 16 | She was naked except for a tampax and a lot of acrylic paint . |