Example sentences of "it have [adv] been for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Primarily a religious holiday , it has also been for hundreds of years a secular holiday , often with a travelling showmen 's fair visiting the village at the time . |
| 2 | It had all been for nothing ; the fear , the guilt , the deaths … . |
| 3 | All of her sweet , loving nature that she 'd turned in on herself , waiting for this one moment in her life , this moment of truth , and it had all been for nothing . |
| 4 | So it had all been for nothing ! |
| 5 | She had consulted an astrologer once before , even if it had only been for a lark , so why not consult another one now ? |