Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [adj] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the Restoration , pursuing his erstwhile reversion on Edmund 's behalf , he was pronounced unfit for a tellership , but he kept out of trouble until 1671 , when he was sent to the Tower on suspicion of involvement in the conspiracy of Colonel Thomas Blood [ q.v . ] . |
| 2 | Thirdly , he was declared bankrupt for the second time in 1912 on a creditor 's petition . |
| 3 | In the following year he was made responsible for the new shrine which Henry III was beginning for Edward the Confessor . |
| 4 | In 1841 he was returned unopposed for the borough , a year before becoming one of the members for Dublin University . |
| 5 | He was knocked unconscious for a brief period but luckily nothing was broken . |
| 6 | Subsequently , in 1899 , Carter was offered the position of Inspector General of Antiquities for Upper Egypt , but his post with the Egyptian Antiquities service came to an abrupt end when he was held responsible for a near diplomatic incident in which disgruntled French tourists assaulted some guards at a site . |