Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] he for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life .
2 Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment .
3 That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph .
4 The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee .
5 The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction .
6 He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore .
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