Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | On several occasions , he was invited to play for the Roman Catholic Holy Cross football team in charity matches to raise funds for it . |
| 2 | When in July , for example , he was asked to testify for the London Library against a rating valuation , he was visibly nervous before giving his testimony ( it seems , according to Rupert Hart-Davis , that he had been awake the whole night before ) . |
| 3 | Instead , he was asked to train for the 400m , and won in world record time . |
| 4 | Though he 'd come along , white carnation , wedding-ring and all , I reckon , if he was asked to play for the Firsts . |
| 5 | He was trying to qualify for the Spring Satellite , but he returned in time to defeat Simon Bramwell ( Herts ) , in the final round . |
| 6 | At the end of 1942 , out of work , he was advised to apply for the Pioneer Corps and was accepted . |
| 7 | The jury awarded him the libel raspberry — a halfpenny — so he was forced to pay for the whole action . |
| 8 | When the respondent returned he was challenged but insisted that he was going to pay for the goods . |
| 9 | He was challenged by the warehouseman but he assured him that he was going to pay for the goods . |
| 10 | When he was challenged by the warehouseman , he assured him that he was going to pay for the goods . |