Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll fly out to watch Gazza play against Parma next Sunday if he 's selected for the match . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | If he was taken for the army , the light in their house would be damped out forever . |
| 9 | ‘ If he was working for the Private Office in South London on the afternoon in question I should be very surprised indeed . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Manciple sounded as if he were apologizing for the other man 's rudeness . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If the chattel has been purchased through a dealer or auction house or in market overt ‘ it can not be recovered from the first purchaser or any subsequent bona fide purchaser , unless he is compensated for the purchase-money paid ’ [ Art . |
| 14 | They could n't really disapprove of him , though they longed to , because he 's studying for the ministry . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Because he 's studying for the priesthood , ’ said Betty . |
| 16 | Lee missed West 's win at Boroughmuir on Saturday because he was playing for the North under-21s on Sunday , and he scored the injury time try which completed the North 's clean sweep in the Divisional Championship . |
| 17 | The striker , perhaps because he was braced for the offside whistle ( it had looked a bit that way ) , was less than decisive and allowed Michael Watt to save at his feet . |
| 18 | Hayling had been excluded from becoming a Founder first because of his job policing the project for the GLC grant , and then because he was working for the company . |
| 19 | Mills was probably murdered because he was working for the KGB . |
| 20 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 21 | While he was working for the K.K.K. , he sent the pips to frighten those three men . |
| 22 | He left the ruling Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino ( LDP — Democratic Filipino Struggle Party ) after he was defeated for the party 's presidential nomination by Ramon Mitra , the Speaker of the House of Representatives . |
| 23 | He never stopped in at the Susweca for refreshment after he was finished for the day . |
| 24 | It arrived just before he was leaving for the United States ( another example of his self-forgetfulness , as he had not mentioned this to me ) , and he was not due to return until the end of July . |
| 25 | Fair-haired , but perhaps somewhat slight of build for the rigours of the lower reaches of the Football League , Bernard was certainly a fast and cagey winger , and his talent was recognised when he was selected for the 3rd Division South representative side against the 3rd Division North , in the fifth and final match between them at Selhurst Park on 30 October 1957 . |
| 26 | The money was recovered when he was arrested for the murder of police informer Alan ’ Chalky ’ White . |
| 27 | The next upset came when he was chosen for the 1948–9 tour of India but asked , as a professional , to be paid £250 ; the WICBC refused , Worrell declined to back down , and he did not go . |
| 28 | Those issues were raised by the Secretary of State for the Environment , especially when he was running for the leadership of the Conservative party . |
| 29 | As he was leaving for the flour-mill , she put up her mouth to be kissed . |
| 30 | As he was waiting for the barmaid to pour the drinks , Dexter could not resist temptation . |