Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adj] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His stomach still felt queasy and he was grateful for the fresh air . |
| 2 | Although he grew beautiful flowers for competition in his tiny greenhouse on the allotment , he was content for the front garden to consist of a small shaved lawn and empty flower bed with two statutory rose bushes and a border of tedious alyssum . |
| 3 | He was quiet for a long while , and the snow blew against his huddled body , piling up . |
| 4 | He was responsible for a major reform of Government administration , including a new public service act , which helped to facilitate the rapid localisation of the civil service . |
| 5 | Topstock paused for a moment and then said , ‘ I think he was responsible for a good many of the Society 's priests . |
| 6 | Wearing his other hat of H Buckley and Sons , he was responsible for the 3,000 kilos of potatoes and 700 kilos of onions , some of which had been grown by the pupils of Scissett Middle School as part of their rural studies . |
| 7 | He was responsible for the British Council 's highly successful Byron exhibition in Athens in 1974 , a timely reminder of the long-standing friendship between the two countries . |
| 8 | Thirdly , he was responsible for the popular Illuminations first started in 1912 and revived in 1925 . |
| 9 | Louis in the lingua teudisca , Charles in the lingua romana , purveyed an identical message : Lothar had rejected the Judgement of God , and he was responsible for the continuing sufferings of " our people " . |
| 10 | In the meantime , I think David had come to realize that he was responsible for an enormous amount of business at RCA in the United Kingdom — something like 4% of their total gross was David Bowie products — and he was making an enormous amount of money but he did n't have anything . |
| 11 | HE was renowned for the three most famous words in tennis — ‘ Oh , I say . ’ |
| 12 | He was silent for a long time . |
| 13 | He was silent for a long moment then said : ‘ It may be our only hope . |
| 14 | He was silent for a long time , then he blew out a long stream of smoke and turned his head towards her . |
| 15 | He was silent for a few moments , then he raised his head , took a couple of gulps of tea and remarked very slowly , Jesus Christ , Piper , you must be bloody bomb happy ! |
| 16 | He was silent for the first half mile , then he beat the wheel suddenly with one hand . |
| 17 | Korda told him he was ready for a first crack at Hollywood . |
| 18 | He was ill for a long time . |
| 19 | He was ambitious for the new job , had cleverly planned and schemed to get it . |
| 20 | There had been no videofax , and as a result he was unprepared for the sensory impact of the image on his viewscreen . |
| 21 | Despite those defeats his form was of the highest order , and he was favourite for the International , his odds of 19–10 at the off being slightly shorter than those of the American horse Czar Alexander . |