Example sentences of "[noun] and he be [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 Fortunately for Johnson , his kick just missed the posterior of a leading English League official , Derek Lloyd of Worcester and he was banned for only five matches .
2 And er he 's already he 's already got you at a disadvantage , by er er you 're on the move and he 's waiting for you .
3 The first sign of unrest and he 's running for his life .
4 A decade on he wants to return to the islands and he 's advertising for a Herefordshire woman to accompany him .
5 It was said with a kind of embarrassed formality as if he , not Dalgliesh , were the host and he was apologizing for the unexpected absence of the hostess .
6 His robes were wet with perspiration and he was gasping for breath .
7 He 's never given enough clean clothes and he 's chastised for the slightest thing .
8 You 're in the nearside lane and you 're going uphill and er you 're trunking away quite nicely , you see a guy coming down in the fast lane , down the hill getting a bit of a roll on , fully laden , and he gets halfway up the hill , he runs out of steam and he 's looking for a hole to get into .
9 The wild bohemianism of the life at Kisling 's was stimulating and hectic but a drain on Modigliani 's limited energy and he was looking for a change in his life .
10 In the bronze medal fight against Axel Lobenstein , of East Germany , White appeared to start with more aggressive determination , but his attacks were way off target and he was thrown for a yuko ( five points ) as he got up off the ground .
11 I met the promoter at a party and he was looking for an opening act and I said that I had this dance band which would be a perfect opener for Gary Glitter and he took us on .
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