Example sentences of "he was [adj] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He was weight-weakened for the Lampkin defeat , so it was a case of being to heavy for that fight , and too light when he lost to Lewis . ’ |
| 2 | Stringer did n't believe him but he was grateful for the kindness . |
| 3 | According to the press , the vote at the Scottish Conservative party conference in 1988 at Perth was about 600 to 12 , the 12 being in favour of devolution , one of whom , I happen to know , voted that way simply because he was sorry for the minority . |
| 4 | He 'd say he was sorry for the kerfuffle , which was what she 'd want to hear . |
| 5 | Don Neely said that Crowe was asked at this time whether he was available for the World Cup if somebody else were skipper : ‘ I wo n't tell you his reaction . |
| 6 | ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’ |
| 7 | He had done no regular television work since appearing as Byron in the mid-Sixties , but a BBC producer who saw him on stage in No Sex , Please — We 're British realized that he was perfect for the lead role in a script submitted to him by a new TV comedy writer , Raymond Allen . |
| 8 | It 's a pity she was n't more concerned about whether he was fit for the job or not , whatever his hair style . |
| 9 | While at the British Council , which he joined in 1946 , he was responsible for the recording of Shakespeare 's plays , under the direction of George Rylands . |
| 10 | He was responsible for the exploitation of the mineral rights of the Crown — for example , for finding , mining and smelting iron in the forest of Chippenham and in the Forest of Dean and lead in the Forest of the Peak . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , though Penda may have embarked on a programme of domination of the south-west midlands , there is no evidence that he was responsible for the formation of the Hwiccian kingdom . |
| 12 | He was responsible for the compilation of a Roman law-book , the Breviary . |
| 13 | In a five set thriller , the Handicap trophy was won by Stuart Dixon of Resource Management , Technology , leaving the beaten finalist , Jim McCabe of Operations Support , with mixed feelings as he was responsible for the competition handicapping . |
| 14 | He denied he was responsible for the attack on the girl . |
| 15 | One of the reasons why the elected wakeman might be tempted to shirk his duties was that , as he was responsible for the safety of the town during the night , if any burglaries then took place he had the costly business of compensating the victims . |
| 16 | As paymaster he was responsible for the organization of the finance required in the restoration of the neglected royal palaces . |
| 17 | During his two years in charge , he was responsible for the replacement as manager of Billy Bingham by Gordon Lee , stepping down for personal reasons after a comparatively short spell . |
| 18 | In this he was responsible for the design and installation of the overhead contact system and for putting the locomotives into service . |
| 19 | In 1883 he became consulting engineer and in 1885 a director of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway , where he was responsible for the design and construction of their Horwich ( Bolton ) locomotive works and was chairman of the rolling-stock and locomotive workshop committees . |
| 20 | In 1936 it was decided to electrify the severely graded cross-Pennine main line from Sheffield to Manchester and he was responsible for the design of electric locomotives for this service . |
| 21 | In the following twenty years he was responsible for the design and building of many new types of main-line and suburban passenger and freight locomotives of large dimensions , which gave excellent service and whose elegance and symmetry of outline were greatly admired . |
| 22 | He was responsible for the maintenance and repair of over 7,000 locomotives , 21,000 passenger coaches , and 300,000 goods wagons , as well as for new design and construction , with control of some 30,000 workshop and out-station staff . |
| 23 | Two small collections of his poems have been published , and last year he was responsible for the production of the ‘ Envoi Book of Quotes on Poetry ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ He was responsible for the situation . |
| 25 | The surviving building accounts and his own drawings make clear that he was responsible for the execution and design of this remarkable house between 1580 and 1588 . |
| 26 | The family connection was enhanced when Gundioc 's son , Gundobad , became Ricimer 's right-hand man , and as such he was responsible for the execution of Anthemius . |
| 27 | He was responsible for the carving of the School 's War Memorial , as well as for work in many local churches , and was also a first-class photographer . |
| 28 | He is advising on a draft bill for a new law to protect Britain 's archaeological heritage better , but he is the kind of academic to whom the government turns for advice on all kinds of matters , not just his own specialisations : last year , for example , he was responsible for the Report on the National Curriculum in art education in schools . |
| 29 | Espey , the division 's president , is best known in the drinks industry for his 17-year sojourn at International Distillers & Vintners , where he was responsible for the launch of Piat d'Or , now the UK 's biggest branded wine , and Malibu , one of the UK 's largest speciality spirits . |
| 30 | Finding the work ‘ quite fun ’ , from then on his commercial career was set to remain in the media industry , moving in 1980 to be director of Pearson 's information and entertainment division then , in 1984 , becoming managing director of Virgin group where , operationally , he was responsible for the record , video , entertainment and retail businesses ( including the group 's Megastores ) . |