Example sentences of "he [be] [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Crossing the room as though he were heading for the wardrobe , Angel Four suddenly changed direction , took two swift paces to his right , seized the curtains with both hands and jerked them open . |
| 3 | Ahead and around him as he drifted forward , the melodic light was increasing gradually , growing stronger and brighter as though he were heading for the source . |
| 4 | Mentally or instinctively he is looking for the pattern and his antennae are an outward expression of that inward instinct . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | His ankle is badly swollen and he is struggling for the weekend . ’ |
| 7 | That is unless , like Wade Dooley whom Rodber joined in the England pack against Scotland and Ireland last season , he is picked for the Test against the South Africans four days later . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ He is studying for the ministry . |
| 10 | Big , bearded and broad-shouldered , he is studying for the ministry , on a campus where black theology is preached and Christ is held to have advocated violence . |
| 11 | Now the strings have gone slack , and he is waiting for the end . |
| 12 | The famous cantata Quando ridi , in which a lover claims he is dying for the sake of a beautiful mouth ? |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll fly out to watch Gazza play against Parma next Sunday if he 's selected for the match . ’ |
| 14 | And if anyone deserves a full house that night it should be as a tribute to all he 's done for the club . |
| 15 | I think Wilko is the best we could have possibly gotten in a manager and people ( including me unto recently when I was put right ) are ready to forget what he 's done for the club . |
| 16 | He 's heading for the gatehouse , Marcus . |
| 17 | ‘ He 's worried about Gairloch so he 's waiting for the vet . ’ |
| 18 | And he 's paying over the odds for this house , she said but of course he 's paying for the area , he 's moving up to Walford ! |
| 19 | They could n't really disapprove of him , though they longed to , because he 's studying for the ministry . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Because he 's studying for the priesthood , ’ said Betty . |
| 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 | HARDMAN Basile Boli has already left his mark on England 's Psycho — and now he 's gunning for the man they call Attila . |
| 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 | I ask you : just twenty-one years old , leading the Open , six holes to go and he 's going for the green ! |
| 25 | mm but if he goes , he 's going for the month ? |
| 26 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 27 | the elements for the powerboaters this weekend are water and wind … as the British Grand Prix returns after a two year gap … it 's being raced in cardiff and favourite to win is Steve Kerton of Gloucestershire … he 's lying second in the world championship … he 's going for the win but is happy to be back racing in britain |
| 28 | I do n't think he was fitted for the job as it seemed to bring out the worst in him and his language used to become very picturesque . |
| 29 | As he was leaving for the flour-mill , she put up her mouth to be kissed . |
| 30 | The chances are he was killed for the money he was carrying . |