Example sentences of "he [was/were] [vb pp] [verb] 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 At the end of 1942 , out of work , he was advised to apply for the Pioneer Corps and was accepted .
6 The jury awarded him the libel raspberry — a halfpenny — so he was forced to pay for the whole action .
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