Example sentences of "[adv] [be] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had consulted an astrologer once before , even if it had only been for a lark , so why not consult another one now ? |
| 2 | It was also announced that ambassadors ' postings would henceforth be for a maximum of five years , and that their appointments would be approved by the council of USSR and republican foreign ministers . |
| 3 | The plan is that if we have to leave , and we 're still not sure , it will only be for a while . |
| 4 | Oreste had been spared and it could only be for a purpose . |
| 5 | The words tumbled over each other in her eagerness. ‘ 'T WOULD only be for a day or so while I try to get a message to the Queen . |
| 6 | It would , after all , only be for a week or so , after that they were due back at Purley . |
| 7 | But it should only be for a matter of months . ’ |
| 8 | If it did it might only be for a moment , the briefest of seconds , and she wanted Creggan h be ready for it . |
| 9 | The other time that they used to sit down together was for a cup of tea or coffee at six in the morning , which was when the man got home , and often as not that was when Boy got home too . |
| 10 | She would have recovered some of her old high spirits if it had not been for a bout of measles and turning more and more to alcohol . |
| 11 | Britain 's Jackie Stewart carried on where Clark left off and , had it not been for a decision to retire early , could have dominated the sport longer than he did , and could well have added to his collection of three world titles . |
| 12 | them two have not been for a while so they 've crossed off so , you have another |
| 13 | Well the window cleaner 's not been for a while has he ? |
| 14 | If it had not been for a visitor arriving then and her being obliged to leave instantly she had no doubt they would have waded into deeper waters and she knew she would not have been sorry . |
| 15 | Following my economically truthful pronouncements on the local meteorological trends ( I had already been for a pee ) , he reluctantly committed himself to an extended struggle with frozen boots and gaiters , muttering foul oaths about his much vaunted , but now soaked , pair of newly customised salopettes . |
| 16 | Mark and I have just been for a walk beyond Dalseattie , which was nice until the mist came down and began to make us rather damp . |
| 17 | So a female quail does not begin to incubate her clutch of a dozen or so eggs until it is complete , and that may not be for a fortnight after the first was laid . |
| 18 | It may not be for a person 's death or betrayal that we are grieving . |
| 19 | Though it not be for a safety to anybody else in terms of operations , I think . |
| 20 | Have you ever been for a tour around a busy airport ? |
| 21 | You can generally borrow up to 90% of the value of the new home , and you can borrow as much as three times you salary : the loan will usually be for a maximum of 25 years . |
| 22 | In order to be legal a lease must also be for a term of years absolute , according to s. 1(1) ( b ) , Law of Property Act 1925 . |
| 23 | ‘ The funniest request I have had so far is for a birthday cake which is made to look like a plate of steak and chips with cutlery on a tabletop setting . ’ |
| 24 | The pope 's intention now was for a diet of princes to be convoked — to be chaired by a papal legate . |
| 25 | She said she had n't been for a while and erm then she said they did n't really know , they wondered how she was gon na get on in the water . |
| 26 | The Flying Scot would probably have made the move before now — if it had n't been for a pact Laughton made when he left Widnes sixteen months ago . |
| 27 | I was just gon na say , some sometimes , I have n't been for a bit mind you , oh , well the last time I went , sometimes I go to Wales to Blaenau Ffestiniog or to congregation |
| 28 | That 'll be nice cos we have n't been for a bit have we ? |
| 29 | Fortune having smiled on them , and I mean if it had n't been for a lump of expanded foam out of one of the life boats that had blown up at , if it had n't come floating past me , I mean I would have been a goner as well , but I got hold of that . |
| 30 | This month David Savage discusses the importance of mistakes within the workshop , and looks at a finish he would otherwise not now use if it had n't been for a disaster |