Example sentences of "he [was/were] nominated for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , while under contract to both RKO and David O Selznick , he was cast by director William Wellman as a tough army captain in The Story of GI Joe ( 1945 ) , for which he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar . |
| 2 | He was nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Ben-Hur ( 1959 ) . |
| 3 | He won further prestige when he was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actor for Twilight of the Gods in 1963 . |
| 4 | The movie was quickly forgotten but director Martin Scorsese remembered Pesci and hired him to play Joey La Motta in Raging Bull , for which he was nominated for an Oscar . |
| 5 | He was nominated for an Oscar eight times — not many actors have achieved that . |
| 6 | He directed the Orchard Gallery in Derry , ( 1978–84 ) for which he was nominated for the Turner prize . |
| 7 | He was nominated for the post of Prime Minister by the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Arthit Urairat . |