Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] for [art] [num ord] " 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 | Such was my father 's introduction to Abyssinia where , except for three periods of leave , he was to remain for the next ten years . |
| 3 | I knew then that what I was telling him he was hearing for the first time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |
| 6 | In December 1954 he was ridden for the first time by the reigning champion jockey Dick Francis : after the race Francis told Cazalet that he would like to ride Devon Loch one day in the Grand National … |
| 7 | Philip of France had sent a force of Brabançons to help his brother-in-law , the opening shot in a campaign which he was to wage for the next thirty years . |
| 8 | He was chosen for the first match but had to drop out with food poisoning . |