Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , I thought that it was wrong , very , very wrong that he was picked for Stuttgart on the strength of those two races . |
| 2 | Sara upset a skillet of boiling milk on her husband 's foot , and left him so lame that he was prevented for days from joining his friends on their lengthening excursions into the Quantock countryside . |
| 3 | It 's gone dark while he 's waiting for us outside . |
| 4 | This left him dreadfully depressed and he was treated for melancholia and insomnia . |
| 5 | Billy says his 12-year-old son , Mark , is very upset and he is appealing for anyone who is offered a snake for sale in suspicious circumstances to contact the police . |
| 6 | er er you were going , you were going well with the , the pension you , you wanted him and your diagram was good and he was going for it but directly you showed him the diagram then you started on about this er |
| 7 | ‘ Look there 's Hoddle — he 's good when he 's playing for Tottenham but look at him now . ’ |
| 8 | Preston was looking stiff because he was braced for another horror story . |
| 9 | He recalled he had suffered a terrible nightmare ; so vivid that even when his eyes were open and he was screaming for his mammy , the nightmare would not leave him . |
| 10 | She smiled at him , aware that he was angling for an invitation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | POLICE are appealing for information about a man who has remained silent since he was arrested for theft . |
| 13 | ‘ I saw one 30-year-old man collapse dead as he was looking for ( US aid ) parachutes . ’ |