Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Probably he was already dressed for the part in a brown peat-carrier 's suit : he had been anticipating the trip for at least a month . |
| 2 | He was later defeated for the Speaker- ship by Betty Boothroyd . |
| 3 | But he was n't prepared for the shock of seeing those eyes , his daughter 's eyes of startling green flecked with gold , that looked out from Simon 's face . |
| 4 | He was n't prepared for the formality of life in an English public school — particularly its petty humiliations . |
| 5 | ( Provided he was not questioned for the offence in the first police station ) . |
| 6 | He was badly equipped for the task . |
| 7 | Dr Apps , the oldest in the group at 33 , said he was well prepared for the cold conditions . |
| 8 | Sharing Gladstone 's high churchmanship , he was well qualified for the difficult task of reconciling him to the policy of Welsh disestablishment . |
| 9 | However , his personal position had been weakened by the allegations of financial mismanagement under his government , and he was successfully challenged for the Siumut parliamentary leadership by Lars Emil Johansen , the Siumut chair . |
| 10 | From there he was transferred to a prison in Rabat , where he was severely tortured for the next three days . |
| 11 | He was obviously destined for the professional ranks and as I watched him I could see why . |
| 12 | He was fully dressed for the recording . |
| 13 | Ho 's biographer insists that he was never blamed for the excesses ; the people distinguished between their revered leader and his ‘ entourage ’ . |