Example sentences of "[conj] he be [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Messiaen began composing at the age of seven , entering the Paris Conservatoire four years later where he was to remain for the next 11 years , winning four premiers prix including that for composition in 1930 . |
| 2 | God only knew how he had tried to replace her in his thoughts and in his heart — striking relationships with one woman after another , lurching from one crisis to the next , building his business with her in mind … driving himself like a man demented and amassing a fortune , yet knowing all the time that he was striving for the impossible . |
| 3 | She could see that he was searching for the right words , the very thing that would describe what he had felt , what he had experienced at that moment . |
| 4 | Hershman says his movie is inspired by Jean-Luc Godard 's Breathless , and that he was looking for the new Jean-Paul Belmondo to play the lead . |
| 5 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 6 | He may well have believed that the factionalization inherent in Woodville control of the heir posed such a threat to political stability that his own rule was preferable — he may have persuaded himself , in fact , that he was acting for the good of the realm . |
| 7 | ‘ All he told me was that he was working for the Sovbloc desk at Six , and they were looking for a deserter , but he did n't even have Blagg 's name . |
| 8 | that 's right because they 've just released papers after thirty years of work that he was doing for the M O D he was actually doing it in his role as a member of the P R flight , Beaver Brooke sold the government this idea |
| 9 | His time in the ATC meant that he was targeted for the Air Force . |
| 10 | During his visit Kerrey made it known that he was campaigning for the lifting of the US economic embargo against the SOC and for increased investment and aid by US non-governmental organizations . |
| 11 | I assumed at the time that he was crying for the garden and what he 'd done to it . |
| 12 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 13 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 14 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 15 | He has kicked the booze , lost weight , and he is itching for the Italian League to get under way . |
| 16 | He 's never given enough clean clothes and he 's chastised for the slightest thing . |
| 17 | I ask you : just twenty-one years old , leading the Open , six holes to go and he 's going for the green ! |
| 18 | The famous Swedish Don Giovanni , John Forsell , declared that the young Tauber was the greatest Ottavio he had ever heard , and he was noted for the intense conviction with which he declaimed to his Donna Anna ( in the German text then still generally in use , even at festivals ) the solemn oath , ‘ Ich schwöre ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | And he was waiting for the final match in the other group between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker to see if his No 1 ranking could be threatened . |
| 21 | We turn left at the foot and come panting onto a platform where there 's only one old man sitting in his grandfather 's overcoat and he looks like he 's settled for the night . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll fly out to watch Gazza play against Parma next Sunday if he 's selected for the match . ’ |
| 23 | Erm for instance if he 's asking for the child to go to live with him and you oppose that then then court would make a decision as to where the child s should live . |
| 24 | He looks likely to run in Doncaster 's Flamborough Head Novices Hurdle tomorrow though do not be surprised if he is rerouted for the Grade 2 Berkshire Hurdle at Newbury . |
| 25 | Manipulating a lump of putty from finger to finger , hand to hand , he looked as if he was auditioning for the lead role in The Caine Mutiny . |
| 26 | If he was taken for the army , the light in their house would be damped out forever . |
| 27 | ‘ If he was working for the Private Office in South London on the afternoon in question I should be very surprised indeed . ’ |
| 28 | The bottom line is that whilst Wilko has made decisions which have upset , even annoyed us , if he were to leave for the England job there is no-one remotely capable of replacing him . |
| 29 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 30 | It was as if he were preparing for the day he would be a big man himself in this town and wanted everyone on his side , wanted them all to think of him as a customer . |